There's always going to be some delay.

USB PD EPR (extended power range, i.e. more than 100 w) was released in 2021. The relevant eu directive here was passed in 2022 for rules to take effect in 2024 and 2026.

I think writing a 1-year-old spec into the law might be jumping the gun.

I think the idea is 100W minimum

How many people have 240W chargers laying around?

Costs about $30 in my country. Just need a guy who knows how to solder

Macbooks have been type-C charging for a decade now. I think Apple was a big part in creating the standard.

Exactly how I felt when I saw the "replaceable battery" requirement excludes basically every flagship smartphone in production (at least Apple, Samsung, and probably Pixel). But that may be worse, because that rule has a preexisting loophole

Even 120W charging is anything but common in laptops that are not for gaming or mobile workstations. Although I do wish they sat it at least that high

Looking at Anker website, their most expensivest charging block is 250W with a 140W max per port.

140W blocks are not so common. Anything beyond that is super rare if even exists.

Your typical laptop would utilize 45-85W with the most common 65W. Some gaming laptops would need 240W or more. 240W is a technical limit for USB-C PD right now. As an example, a gaming laptop - Legion Pro 7 16 is rated 400W and a laptop for creators - ThinkPad P14s is rated 100W.

In the end, the most common power block is 65W that will be sufficient with majority of devices. The law is making sense in a way that they will remove all those barrel jacks and proprietary connectors from most common devices leaving them for specific cases.

As Lemmyman posted above:

There’s always going to be some delay.

USB PD EPR (extended power range, i.e. more than 100 w) was released in 2021. The relevant eu directive here was passed in 2022 for rules to take effect in 2024 and 2026.

I think writing a 1-year-old spec into the law might be jumping the gun.

So when you write:

I swear they are doing this on purpose.

What is the conspiracy you are implying?

I'm not sure a USB C cable exists that could charge my gaming laptop, even if my laptop supported it.

Apple just does Magsafe + USB-C now, or did last time I had an MBP at least (M2 Pro for work)

With the new iphones having usb c I have experienced charging nirvana and it is as great as the prophecies foretold.

I must believe what the prophecies say about laptop chargers is true, that one day we shall all charge our laptops with the same port.

because of the knobs in this thread who are arguing that usb c sucks and there should be something better and proprietary.

The charging port doubles as an anythingelse port. Excellent for docking stations and one-cord work station setups in office.

The standard already exists and laptops all already have these ports, anything else would be extra, extra space used, extra development, extra parts, extra unique parts, etc.

We want One cord for all devices to be charged, not one for phones, one for PCs, one for TVs, one for laptops, etc.

USB-C is a better form factor for thin devices than anything circular.

We want laptops to be able to charge stuff plugged into them fast, so they already have all the components (or most of the same designs) for "can be charged themselves".

Don't have to manufacture or source a separate power brick, just pick power brick ABC that can handle your wattage desire.