It seems that changes are coming to the cables to charge mobile devices. Some changes that will be established by EU regulations. Attentive or attentive because this movement of the European Commission could end the Apple charger.

The European Commission is working on a bill that aims to force manufacturers of mobile phones and other electronic products to put a common USB-C charging port on all devices.

This decision would affect the Apple company more than the rest, because they continue to use Lightning connectors instead of the USB-C that most of the competing companies already use.

This new proposal responds to the fact that users do not have to buy new cables and chargers when they buy brand new devices, but rather that they reuse existing chargers and cables. The new rules would not only be for phones, but would also affect devices such as tablets, game consoles, cameras, cameras, headphones, etc.

The proposal would force manufacturers of electronic devices to make standard cables and give users information about the connectors that their devices support. Thus, these users could buy a new technological device without a charger included. This rule would affect cable chargers, but not wireless ones.

At the moment this movement of the European Commission could put an end to the Apple charger, it is only a proposal to become law, it must be reviewed and put to a vote in the European Parliament. If it were to be approved, all device manufacturers would have a 24-month period to comply with this legislation.

The charging port that goes to the device is what this movement is focused on, but the goal of the commission is that the cables are operable in any device on both ends of the cable so the other side, the one of the power supply, will also undergo revision later this year.

Of all the manufacturers affected by this decision by the European Commission, Apple is the one that may be most affected by it. Currently your devices use a Lightning connector instead of a USB-C port. Apple has never included a Micro USB port directly on its phones either, although it did release a Micro USB to 30-pin adapter.

The company has expressed its disagreement with this European decision: «We remain concerned that a strict regulation that requires only one type of connector stifles innovation instead of promoting it, which in turn will harm consumers in Europe and abroad. everyone," his spokesman told Reuters.

This proposal from the European Commission is given by the amount of electronic waste that is generated every year throughout the world. Up to 12.3 million tons of e-waste was produced worldwide last year. Chargers from years ago are no longer useful and are stored in homes without being able to use them again.

We cannot forget that the European parliamentarians already voted in favor of new rules on a common charger for devices back in 2020. Thus, it is expected that this new proposal will also have broad support from members of parliament.

The European Commission wants consumers to use a single charger for all the portable electronic devices they have or, in the event that they use several, they are all of the same type, that is, that there is a single common charger. This increases the convenience and reduces e-waste waste.

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