UK to consider USB-C as charging standard • The Register (www.theregister.com)

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This is pointless, as we get European stuff, but I guess it makes sense for those few random things that are made just for the UK.

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[-] smeg@feddit.uk 12 points 1 month ago

It's interesting timing, two years after a UK government spokesperson said "we are not currently considering replicating" the EU charging requirement and a full year after the European Union officially mandated USB-C charging for a wide range of electronic devices.

There's been a bit of a change since then, mate

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