Fantastic idea!
Maybe the companies will start using standard parts.
Sony (scum of the Earth) will probably list every part as costing more than the retail price of the device. A friend of mine had an awseome Sony Vaio laptop in the Windows XP days. The connector on the power adapter broke. Sony wanted over $200 for the connector, which was patented. The power adapter cost $170 from Sony.
Like I said, scum of the Earth.
If true, this is Apple-tier abuse.
That was probably fixable, either by sourcing a dead laptop or just replacing the connector with a different one. Asus are cunts for this too, they use a non standard 4.0 x 1.35mm power connector, which while it is easy to get, is still a dick move
Laptops under 100W should have USB-C as the only power connector, there is no excuse for barrel connectors anymore.
it predates USB-C, which is relevant if the law goes back 10 years
and USB was a fucked up standard too, nobody asked for twenty different physical connector formats. Especially when ethernet has gone from 10Mbs to 10Gbs including adding POE over much the same connector
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