How did USB-C become the universal charging port for phones? And why isn’t this “universal” ideaology common in all industries?

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Take electric tools. If I have a Milwaukee setup (lawn mower,leaf blower etc) and I buy a new drill. If I want to use the batteries I currently have I’ll have to get a Milwaukee drill.

Yes this is good business, but not all industries do this. Why?

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You’re not necessarily comparing apples with apples here.

The battery from one phone will almost certainly not fit in another phone.

The charger for your Milwaukee will plug into the same socket as your neighbour’s Dewalt. If the charger has a removable cable, it’d almost certainly be a (standard) figure-8 connector.

Pretty much every electrical appliance with a removable cord I own uses one of three plugs (the “jug cord”, figure-8, or clover-leaf). As soon as that AC power is converted to DC, all bets are off.

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