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But if it's law to use the standard connector than how do you use a different (lets say newer) connection if the law says to use the standard connector.

There's a bit of a chicken and egg problem. Somebody is going to have to build a device with a connector that isn't standard at some point to make progress.

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It only means that device makers will have to agree on a new standard before they can drop the previous one. I agree that it will slow down things, but there is no chicken and egg problem.

And what if they can't agree? Maybe apple make a device so thin that even USB-C won't fit and other manufacturers explicitly decide to hobble them by not supporting a thinner connector.

This law would be great for anti-competitive practices. Lowest common denominator wins by default.

The iPad with a USB-C port is less than 6mm thick. How thin do you think tablets can actually go?

At one point I thought 6mm was impossible.

something tells me Europe doesn't care much about the limits and fallibility of regulation

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