The iPhone USB-C Law: Explained!

All opinions in the video are my own. Armchair analyst mode activated.

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[MrUnknownXD]

It gives real satisfaction to see Nations saying "no" to these mega-corporations. I want more of it.

[Pedanta]

The EU basically did say "just come up with a unified cable" a number of years ago.

The industry responded and chose of their own valition type-c, but it was just apple refusing to play ball because they were making money

[ashbuilds]

Wireless charging seems to be worse for the environment for now. It doesn't provide the same amount of energy as it sucks out of the wall, so much waste.
Also, you still need to carry a whole charging dock, maybe mini but still. I think they have to follow and go for usbc, because wireless is not really wireless 😅

[brainwater]

It's stupid that they argue about e-waste. Requiring an entirely different cable for their products is much more wasteful than standardizing.

[zaalnibu]

I like the fact that’s they’re complaining about e-waste when standardization of cables would mean less, since everyone can just use one cord for most of their devices

[bracco]

The EU directive is pretty flexible in that it is actually published by an apposite team working on this, which is set to re-evaluate the market and update the directive every 5 years i think, which would see the connector change if a new one is developed that has advantages. EU tried telling the market "hey, it would be nice to have everyone on the same connector so that chargers are compatible" and that's the reason why almost all android phone had mini USB, but guess who didn't jump on board and forced the law to be so prescriptive?

[jumpierwolf]

I love how apple uses the term e-waste. They can make it mean literally anything they want it to mean.

[thenumberweknow]

5:23 I wouldn't be surprised if apple had the bright idea of not even adding a magsafe charger to their iPhone boxes at all.

[neon]

USB-C is just the port shape, the data/charging part can keep being improved in subsequent USB versions or even another protocol entirely down the line. A good example would be thunderbolt which is a different protocol to USB but uses USB-C as the standard for the physical port itself.

[itsJustJayBee]

I agree. But two things are on my mind:

1.) A wired connection will always be faster and less prone to interference (thing about fiber connections etc)
So if you film your maybe 8k HDR 120 fps with your iPhone 17, do you really want to transfer the data wirelessly ?

Also I think when it comes to charging, a wired connection is always better in efficiency. I like wireless charging but a cable will always be better in this regards

2.) I just like the idea of having one cable that can serve a lot. I'm at a friends house. Forget my charger. I can charge there with my friends usb-c.
This wireless charging tech from apple might be cool but... don't we all use the same plug at our outlets for every electronical device?
Isn't that great?

[randomnickify]

The EU gave corporations push to standardise themselves years ago without forcing them into any standard! Even you mentioned it in video before. Most of corporations moved to USBC by themselves, Apple didn't and did not proposed any better alternative. So now its a law.

[alessandroleonardi]

Apple had enough time to let their engineers "figure it out". I'm happy about the regulations and want more of them.

[Holey_Moley]

I wouldn't be surprised if they made the phone not charge unless it were using an official mag safe charger

[Lukaz]

The thing is, USB-C is just a plug. The underlying technology (USB) will continue to evolve but there is nothing in sight so far that's indicating that the USB-C connector will hold future iterations of the USB protocol back. USB 4 will also use the USB-C connector and so will probably USB-B 5.

[BoostedBill]

It would be truly aggravating of Apple to ditch C and just go wireless. Compromising charging speeds, data transfers, accessories, etc. Crazy

[brandonfeeley]

The problem with leaving it to the engineers is you end up with different ports...if they mandated all engineers need to agree on 1 port, that might make sense. But being that the largest portion of the market uses USB-C exclusively it makes sense for everyone to just switch.

[Max_Jacoby]

There are USB outlets in buses, trains, metro, cafes etc. It's very convenient to carry a small wire everywhere and charge your phone whenever you need. It would be less convenient to cary a small puck.

[TheSdCardGuy]

Data transfers and debugging/restoring situations are what I'm more interested in looking at if they go wireless.

[dositejtomasevic]

the biggest problem is that wireless charging actually has a wire... and an extra dock that we should carry with us. and on top of that it charges the phone more slowly. That sounds like a step backwards to me

[sparqqling]

It's good finally specifying a charging connector, can you imagine countries/regions didn't specify the power socket in your house and every (electricity) company did their own thing?