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Originally Posted by Quoth
Current, not absolute power is the issue. So 5V @ 2A (10W) is far worse than 20V @ 1A (20W). The highest current thing I have is a Raspberry Pi that uses USB-C and 3.5A from a dedicated 5V PSU (they should have used a power jack).
Even tablets ought to have a power jack as well as USB-C charging and the EU mandatory USB charging connector doesn't forbid it. USB-C charging on a laptop is crazy except as an optional extra, especially if it has multiple full spec USB-C for other devices.
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Millions of laptops out there use USB-PD for charging and it should be the norm outside of power hungry machines like gaming laptops or workstations with professional GPUs (to which the EU directive doesn't mandate USB-C).
Everything should use USB-C. The chargers only provide what the device asks for. People ought to learn a bit about USB-C and USB-PD before wishing everything went back to absolutely terrible barrel plugs and proprietary connectors like lightning. As for me, all of my devices use USB-C and I'll hapily charge everything with a single cable and charger. Been doing so for years and absolutely nothing broke.