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EU law mandating universal chargers for devices comes into force
(www.france24.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Also, who's at reading distance from a USB port half the time? Sometimes they're on the front of a device, but they're just as often hidden behind something or in a hard-to-reach place. Monitors and PCs come to mind.
It's not like they're going to change when you're not looking.