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142 - Who's in Charge of Charging?

No Dumb Questions

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I Don't Like Apple, and Yet I'm Siding With Apple

I think a company should be able to do their own adaptors, but i think standardization is key. We had to agree on that standard for this whole country in order for you to buy something at the store and just come in and plug it up. If the charger doesn't work right, worst case scenario may be on in a gagelian times. It's not some epidemic of usb c or lightning cables killing people or starting house fires. It's really about consumer preference and convenience and about the government playing ball in a market. There is no way that there is zero financial incentive from the government side. Corporations are made of people who have human nature. Governments can use power

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