The European Union has officially imposed a new rule for selling laptops with a power rating of 100 W or less, requiring them to use a USB-C port for charging. This rule takes effect today, April 28, Tuesday, as the European Commission has been exploring ways to reduce electronic waste and has been ...
In this case many modern laptops (if not all) support or are sold with a docking station. You got your block that has all the needed ports with one specific port for PD that will accept charge.
From what I’ve heard of people using docking station - it is super convenient. You just bring your laptop to home/work and connect 1 USB-C and you got all the devices already connected to it. Unplug and leave only with laptop.On the go, barely anyone uses many ports.
I highly doubt that people are willing to take tons of hardware on their travel. Keyboard, mouse and a screen is already there. You do not need any audio interfaces, printers, Ethernet cables, microphones, additional monitors, many USB flash drives or wireless charger stations for your phones/watch/headphones when you’re on the go. You just need laptop and maybe wired headphones.
USB-C connector is just an ability to get a charging cable anywhere regardless of laptop’s brand, model, barrel charger polarity or wattage. 1 USB power block, 1 type-C cable is all it needs. And these things are extremely common. Not like some Acer Aspire laptop’s super rare double voltage proprietary connector power block that can be only ordered off their company’s website.