There is no reason for any company to spend money making new types of chargers just out of spite for a particular market.

Market monopoly. Apple REINTRODUCED non standard non usb plugs. You underestimate how dickish companies can be when it's time to make a buck

Truly a staple of the UK's economy, I'm sure

I'm not sure you realize how much sellers like amazon or ebay represent. Probably a massive 10/15% of your economy, actually.

And what makes you think that the UK can't keep that regulation if it so desires and thinks it's beneficial?

Good point, but ppl like Johnson where more busy yelling how they will abolish any and all regulations pushed by the EU because blah blah blah sovereignty.

Then you simply do not use VISA.

You think you can work without international credit cards working in london ? Ah , i got a bridge to sell you

seem to me like the ones who believe in them consider the economy being made up of big evil corporations

Well once there was a time a decade ago where i was making 1000/month and paying 300/mo of inane banking fees like that so yeah i kind of wanted to tell them to fuck off on those

that somehow have truckloads of money

Yes, banks and corps like visa do have dozens of millions on the spare. That's why they are banks.

and whose goal is to fuck shit u

No, to make money. They don't give a fuck if you end up homeless and bankrupt, if they can make 1 more buck, they will.

while the good old regulators and lawmakers are there to actually milk a good deal for the consumers out of them.

Well, that's the whole point, regulations are laws that tell them "no, you can't do that. No, you can't bill people 100€ because they used ATM in another EU country".