I'm kind of annoyed none of the articles I've read about this have mentioned the agreement the European Commission made with several smartphone manufacturers back in 2009, which came into effect around 2011: that's when (most of) the manufacturers agreed to ditch proprietary connectors in favor of (micro-) usb.
Sure, it wasn't a law. And we went from micro-usb to usb-c, but I've read so many articles claiming "the end of a drawer filled with different chargers is here!", when that basically already happened over 10 years ago.
Sure, it wasn't a law. And we went from micro-usb to usb-c, but I've read so many articles claiming "the end of a drawer filled with different chargers is here!", when that basically already happened over 10 years ago.
Some Flemish articles about this: https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf29062009_040 https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20110208_104