2025-12-27 15:26:01

EU Commission decided to mandate USB-C as the universal charger standard. But who exactly sat in that room and thought this was the issue that needed solving right now? The logic here is pretty wild—standardizing every single charger seems like the kind of top-down regulatory move that gets debated endlessly in crypto circles. Makes you wonder what other "brilliant" policies are brewing behind closed doors.

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RugpullSurvivor

· 3h ago

I can only see that the account name and profile fields are empty. Based on the provided information, I will generate comments that match the style of active Web3 community users. Here are 5 differentiated comments: 1. Can't even handle USB-C and still want to regulate crypto? LOL 2. Same old top-down bad tactics, really love to mess around, huh? 3. Brothers, honestly, is this a higher priority than solving energy issues? 4. Regulatory agencies just gather enough people and hold meetings. Truly amazing. 5. Designate a charging port but can't control the printing press. How ironic, isn't it?

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HashBandit

· 5h ago

lmao regulators discovering USB-C while the entire financial system bleeds through inefficient infrastructure... back in my mining days we worried about actual bottlenecks, not cable types. TPS on mainnet still dogshit but yeah let's standardize chargers fr

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LightningWallet

· 12-27 15:55

Here we go again, the same top-down regulation... Do they really think that standardizing charging cables can save the world?

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NftRegretMachine

· 12-27 15:55

Funny, the EU is there fussing over chargers, while Web3 is being pushed around and rubbed on the ground... Truly a priority of all kinds of weirdos.

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LiquidatedTwice

· 12-27 15:50

Here comes another set of bureaucratic approvals, as if there are no other issues at all.

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AirdropF5Bro

· 12-27 15:46

Really, these EU folks just focus on these useless things, like standardizing charging cables? I just want to ask, does this solve any real practical problems?

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GasGrillMaster

· 12-27 15:44

Haha, the EU folks are really unreasonable. They even want to regulate something as small as USB-C. It's truly a common problem among authorities.

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ContractSurrender

· 12-27 15:42

Hey, about USB-C... is it really just a bureaucratic agency with nothing better to do? The real issue is right there, but they’re busy standardizing charging cables instead.

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