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[–] [email protected] 108 points 11 months ago (4 children)

This sort of thing is why I dislike legislation that mandates the use of something very specific. Things change and it is better to create laws that don’t become outdated as fast as tech tends to.

[–] [email protected] 76 points 11 months ago

That's a Japan thing and a legislative failure.

What normally happens in most countries is the law would say something vague like "digital means or devices such as floppy disks or equivalent".
Then the Executive makes and maintains the rules of application of that law according to the Hierarchy of Norms (things probably are organized differently in Common Law countries so I don't know the English term but the principle is the same), which dictates in more detail how the law is to be applied ("please use a web form, or a USB keys for legacy processes").

Sometimes the executive lags behind a bit but typically it's just a ministry making decisions within the margin of the law, so it's not too bad.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Without it we get a different iPhone charger every year that no other device is allowing to use

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

It’s just a brick with a USB socket. I still have 5W usb chargers from iPhones a decade ago that work with anything USB.

They didn’t change connectors on the cables frequently either. The old big one, lightning, and USB C are the only connectors iPhone used.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

The law doesn't even force USBC it just forces whatever the international standards working group recommends, if they change the recommendation it will change the port.

So we're actually having our cake and eating it.

Also stuff like USB 5.0 specifications are designed to work on USBC port so again no actual upgrade will be required.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's an argument of centralization vs. decentralization and there are pros and cons to each approach.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Hey, hey - you’re going to have to hotten up that take there, Bubba.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"I have no executive function, so I need the executive branch of the government to function for me."

Is that hot enough?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago