Cross-Platform P2P Wi-Fi: How the EU Killed AWDL

I do love bureaucrats who could not tell Wifi from InfraRed deciding what comms standards are to be used.

Come on, man. I can't say I miss the trillion charger types of the late 1990s and early 2000s. We have the EU to thank for USB-C. It may not be perfect, but being able to use the same charger to power/charge my phone, headphones and laptop is awesome. I can't say the same of my retro gear, until I modify it myself to have a USB-C charging port. Having a compatible wireless communication standard is along the same lines, in my opinion.

> We have the EU to thank for USB-C

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB-C

> The design for the USB-C connector was initially developed in 2012 by Intel, HP Inc., Microsoft, and the USB Implementers Forum. The Type-C Specification 1.0 was published by the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) on August 11, 2014.[1] In July 2016, it was adopted by the IEC as "IEC 62680-1-3".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_Implementers_Forum

> USB Implementers Forum, Inc. (USB-IF) is a nonprofit organization created to promote and maintain USB (Universal Serial Bus), a set of specifications and transmission procedures for a type of cable connection that has since become used widely for electronic equipment. Its main activities are currently the promotion and marketing of USB, Wireless USB, USB On-The-Go, and the maintenance of standards and specifications for the related devices, as well as a compliance program.

> The USB-IF was initiated in 1995[1] by the group of companies that was developing USB, which was made available first during 1996. The founding companies of USB-IF were Compaq, Digital Equipment Corporation, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, NEC and Nortel. Notable current members include HP, NEC, Microsoft, Apple Inc., Intel, and Agere Systems.

We have mega corporations to thank for USB-C. Notably none of these companies are European. None.

It would never have been universal of not for the EU

Like the Micro-USB?

Are you sure this will last a decade? The EU has a tendency to demand without thinking. Just like the last time, the modern world will move on, and the EU will pretend like it had anything to do with the next time.