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Opinion: The European Union Wants To Ruin Charging Cables

The new European Union standard on charging cables doesn’t help consumers today, and will stifle future innovation.

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USB-C charging cable. Courtesy of the European Commission
ROSS ANDERSON
ROSS ANDERSON

When Apple released the iPhone 14 in 2022, its use of its proprietary Lightning port was beyond a bad joke. It had slower data passthrough ability than USB-C, lower power delivery, and no other advantages other than being marginally smaller; even Apple knew that USB-C was the superior port.

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ROSS ANDERSON
ROSS ANDERSON

Mr. Anderson is a culture, technology, and fashion writer, and Life Editor for the world edition of the Spectator.

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