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Saudi Arabia mandates all electronic devices to use USB-C charging ports from 2025
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this post was submitted on 08 Aug 2023
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Why do mobile devices and computer hardware need to utilize the exact same wire? I am fine with their being two, as long as it doesn't turn back into a half dozen types of cables again.
It's convenience and efficiency. At the end of the day a single cable can provide that functionality needed for 99.9% of such devices. Getting everything on a single cable format reduces waste, simplifies people's lives, and even opens up competitive spaces. There's no need for it to be two cables.
But it's already multiple cables. I have like 3 dozen cables, with more than a dozen being USB-C and only like 5 of them will fast charge my phone. This will get more absurd and confusing as it's expanded over varying needs for power per device. I mean at least make some sort of easy cable label requirement.
Your word is the USB-IF's ear. Though generally speaking there really is an enforcement problem when it comes to cables, sometimes cables don't even meet basic USB specs much less high-speed high-power specs.