This is yet another problem with capitalism. Since there’s a billion different brands making a billion different devices it’s takes decades for some simple change like this and in the meantime the transition period involves making a trillion little adapters that will just get tossed in the garbage eventually because either they will be obsolete or just break because more planned obsolescence.

I think this is going to change because of China. The US/capitalist ecosystem might be ponderously slow at adopting new tech into the mass market, but nothing is going to speed that up more than confronting the Collective American Ego with the fact that it’s a distant second best at something.

Having said that: high speed rail would say otherwise. It won’t change while they can keep people from noticing I guess.

I’m tempted to switch to Huawei next time I buy. Especially with them being barred from using Google Play Store. If there’s going to be a line in the sand I want to be on the Huawei side sooner rather than later… it’s just gonna be a massive effort decoupling from my reliance on Google account stuff, but I have a feeling it’s going to happen sooner or later living in Hong Kong.

Huawei doesn’t really solve the headphone jack and battery issues, although I guess that’s another perk of living in a country that invests in public infrastructure: it’s like listening to Americans complain about the cost of owning a car. If you live in a country with good public infrastructure, you don’t need a car. If you live in a country where wireless or USB-C headphones are affordable and good quality and there’s wireless chargers built into cafe tables and USB power ports on all the buses…

Sounds like they’re in the US.

In that context, the question shouldn’t be “is it legal?”, but rather “who can afford a better lawyer?”

Americans aren’t going to get justice out of their justice system until they take control of their country.