The Best of Reason: Don't Let E.U. Bureaucrats Design Americans' Tech
Some Democrats want to mimic Europe's policies on phone chargers and more.

This week's featured article is "Don't Let E.U. Bureaucrats Design Americans' Tech" by Jennifer Huddleston.
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Wait just a minute.... Isn't the 'free trade' bandwagon with the E.U. government policy dictating that trade exactly "letting E.U. bureaucrats design Americans tech?"
Just think if there had been a rule that all televisions must be made with the same tubes.
Or they had to show the same range of channels.
I want my channel 5235.3154!
I just want to be able to plug in iPhone into my PC and see all its files.
It's my phone, I should be able to access its storage without going through Apple's gateway
Then you shouldn’t buy an iPhone. The software isn’t designed that way.