USB-C will become Europe's standard charger "for all smartphones, tablets, cameras, headphones, portable speakers and handheld videogame consoles."
in.ign.com
If implemented
will be a big relief for consumers
Agree!
It's a nightmare having so many chargers, each ending with a different end point, with a different current rating.
This move will help cut down on the number of chargers people are forced to buy. Which in turn is a big thing IMO. Imagine the e-waste we all are generating. How many of us don't have dozens of chargers/converters lying around in our household? Imagine being able to reduce that to just 2-3-4 chargers per household. It means a lot for the planet, just the reduction of e-waste.
Future-proofing is a genuine concern, but we are forgetting something. They are only proposing it as a
charging standard (excluding data-transfer needs), that too with exemption for wireless charging capable devices. That means two things.
(1) USB-C has more than enough current capability, to make it future-proof in the near future (at least for the next 10 years or so). With devices becoming more and more power-efficient, power requirements are only likely to go down.
(2) They do not propose to tie the manufacturers to USB-C for data-transmission. For that manufacturers will be free to include other ports. Combine that with wireless charging and we already have a solution. But then, in 2021, do people still use wires for transferring data? Everything is moving to wireless data transfers, which is every bit as fast if not more and offers a hassle free connection.
IMO, it's a very good move. All governments around the globe should bring such notifications.