that floaty area is needed for surface area.
lightning = 8 pins
usb c = 24 pins
(not validating it in anyway as good)
If you ignore the former Yugoslavia and current Russia-Ukraine situation, the EU has done a great job of maintaining a Pax Europa. I can cut them quite a bit of slack for silly legislation like this and the cookie thing.
We should probably celebrate that they didnāt go with USB 3.0 B, or maybe DD-50 or DB13W3 for future expansion. AIRINC 600 could have been fun though.
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Indeed. The physical connector has been designed to the needs of the communication of large amounts of data and use at high voltages, rather than the other way around (designing the means of transmission around the connector: see Apple), making it great at transmitting data and great at breaking.
And so we now have a mandated connector that violates three of Ramsā principles of good design.
Good design is long-lasting.
Good design is as little design as possible.
Good design is environmentally friendly.
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so when Uli clones someones good designā¦is Uliās a good design by default? 
This.
I switched to an iPhone almost two years ago and that lightning port is just rock solid from a physical standpoint. Contrast that with my iPad Pro and the USB-C port is a little āsloppyā now. Connectors feel loose in there.
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Well it certainly ticks the 'as little design as possible" box
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It says a lot that Iāll use an iPhone for 2-3 years, plugging it in and unplugging it at least once daily. So a good 700-1,000 insertions of that jack, and Iāve never had a port of that design loosen since it was introduced all the way through.
Meanwhile my 2016 15ā MBP had four ports, that I rotated, because I had read so much about the ports failing. I probably used each of them about 200-300 times and by then two of them wouldnāt hold a cable in the port, and a third wouldnāt work at all.
Granted these are just my anecdotes, but these are not isolated findings.
The only issue Iāve ever had with a lightning port was a build up of pocket lint disrupting the connector. A quick fix with a push pin or paper clip fixed it.
I wish we could have the dependability of lightning with the speed and power of usb-c, is all.
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Thanks for the explanation. Definitely had that issue with older USB thumbdrives but have yet to see it on my samsung phone (fingers crossed)
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it blew my mind when Apple stopped the magsafe adaptor and replaced with USB-C charging, having seen a mac dropped on this it doesnāt end well (mostly for the charger rather than the laptop)
Then they bought it back recently alongside option to charge via usb which I suppose is great. But why even stop a great piece of design like that?!!?!?
never understood why MagSafe tech couldnāt be implemented for phone charging and beyond.
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Works fine; thatās the point of the PD spec.
How this new regulation will impact musical instruments without a USB- C connector?
Alle Elektrons have usb 2 and Model series have mini usb
It would be interesting to see what impact there will be
It doesnāt. It also doesnāt impact normal USB ports. The regulation is strictly for charging ports and itās a very good idea to standardize them (thinking back on the āfry-friendlyā hell of a multiverse of barrel charging connectors in use).
@Wolf-Rami: the post title is quite misleading ā¦
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Indeed, thatās what Iām admiring in my statement, it was revelatory to me when I tried it nervously only recently - Iāve had a usb-c laptop charger for ages, but hadnāt tried on a phone 'til a few weeks ago (not my phone, but Iām happily getting a usb-c one shortly) 
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Iāve tweaked it a bit
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Great tks,
Yeah i am in favour for a universal port for charger
Well USB micro is crap, so at least C is better, but I think a more robust standard would be the best.
I had a few issues with lightning cables, they are not very robust even with careful handling (mine are always on the desk, never rolled up or anything) they (the apple supplied ones at least) seem to always go bad at the strain relief just behind the plug, it splits after a while and the connection to the socket is erratic. I always manage to get it working again though, which is more than can be said for stupid frail USB micro cables/sockets. Never had any issues so far with USB C, but I think @AdamJay points about the way it is constructed are valid, seems a bit over complicated purely for a charging standard.
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TLDR but the decision was started to be discussed in 2009 and the lobbying delayed it unitil itās enforced in 2026, last call (starting from 2024 but companies have 40 months to comply).
17 years to pass a law like this one, just tells how strong the lobbies are. About plastic and other wastes, these are thousand and thousand of tons that will still be produced and discarded in the meantime.
About technology, itās kind of strange to not allow evolution to a better standard by 2026. The spirit of the law is good but as usual, technocrats are way behind their times. If all GAFA would pay their taxes maybe weād find some money for R&D in a shorter time, a more ecological and technologically pertinent.
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Great news all around! Now letās hope that Akai, Elektron and all other manufacturers of grooveboxes ditch their 12V/19V solutions and just use usb-c. Everyone wins.
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Forgot to mention that the law doesnāt cover remote charging (probably the next choice for Apple).
Good news.
Imho usb-c is fine. Have had no real issues with it so far on any gear. Only my phone (Samsung S10). Sometimes the input becomes a bit dusty. Blowing twice and itās fixed. Apparently the S10 is known to have this issue apparently somehow.
Anyway, ive yet to have a usb-c connection break or feel less solid. Itās multitudes better than micro so good thing that is banned now more or less.
iPad pro also has usb-c which is rock solid and Iām glad it has it. Makes connecting things so much easier.
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