Exactly. It's best technically but worst for the end user. I am an end user and I would hate to be stuck with that monster of a uniderectional plug. I don't care that it washes my dishes for me if it doesn't fit in my bag and kills me in the night when I step on it.

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Why the hell would I want the plugs to be polarized? Brits really stockholmed themselves into thinking that being unable to turn the plug around is a good feature. This is fine and dandy by Brits' standards.

[–] Tanoh@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Same country that convinced itself that you should have one hot and one cold tap, and if you want to get proper temperatured water just fill the basin.. instead of just combining them like the rest of the civilized world.

[–] dublet@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Mixer taps exist in the UK and are widely used.

[–] dublet@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Quite a lot of plugs are polarized, as you would see if you followed the link in my post. This includes plugs in the USA, Canada, Japan, China, Argentina, Switzerland, Denmark.

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago

What's that to me? It's still dumb and inconvenient.