Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoThe floppy disk refused to die in Japan - laws that forced the continued use of floppies have finally hit the chopping blockwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThe floppy disk refused to die in Japan - laws that forced the continued use of floppies have finally hit the chopping blockwww.tomshardware.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareflop_leash_973@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoThis sort of thing is why I dislike legislation that mandates the use of something very specific. Things change and it is better to create laws that don’t become outdated as fast as tech tends to.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoWithout it we get a different iPhone charger every year that no other device is allowing to use
minus-squarederanger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 months agoIt’s just a brick with a USB socket. I still have 5W usb chargers from iPhones a decade ago that work with anything USB. They didn’t change connectors on the cables frequently either. The old big one, lightning, and USB C are the only connectors iPhone used.
This sort of thing is why I dislike legislation that mandates the use of something very specific. Things change and it is better to create laws that don’t become outdated as fast as tech tends to.
Without it we get a different iPhone charger every year that no other device is allowing to use
It’s just a brick with a USB socket. I still have 5W usb chargers from iPhones a decade ago that work with anything USB.
They didn’t change connectors on the cables frequently either. The old big one, lightning, and USB C are the only connectors iPhone used.