EU rules on common chargers apply to laptops from today. It means that all new laptops sold in the European Union must now support USB-C charging.

In December 2024, the rules came into force for mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, headphones, videogame consoles, and portable speakers.

Laptop manufacturers were given a longer lead in time to allow for redesign and transition to the common charging system.

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[–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

That's mostly acceptable.

Though most laptops today do alright. We have a couple 2019 laptops with C charging and they're fine.

My concern is the C port wearing out (which I've seen) and having to replace the entire board. This law needs to specify the port be separate from the main board too.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    I've had multiple work laptops from various manufacturers since 2020 with usbc ports and none of them have broken. And those have been attached to docks a few times every day by average.

    Also, as I work in IT dept and we have thousands of laptops, havent heard anyone at work that their laptop has broken a port.

    I'm not saying it wouldnt happen, but I think the likelyhood of usbc port breaking is pretty much the same as with barrel port breaking, honestly.

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