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It’s a tiny annoyance — until it follows you everywhere.
In this episode of Why This Exists, we unpack why chargers and plugs are so different, how early electricity rivalries and national safety choices locked in incompatibility, and who benefited along the way.
Along the way, a few surprising tech twists make this everyday frustration feel oddly inevitable.
By Why This ExistsIt’s a tiny annoyance — until it follows you everywhere.
In this episode of Why This Exists, we unpack why chargers and plugs are so different, how early electricity rivalries and national safety choices locked in incompatibility, and who benefited along the way.
Along the way, a few surprising tech twists make this everyday frustration feel oddly inevitable.