I'm a USB-C Maximalist 0 ▲ Terence Eden 1 hour ago · Tech · hide · 0 comments My wife and I recently went on a 7 week holiday around Europe. Although we each took a massive backpack, we wanted to travel fairly lightly. I took a single universal power brick. This little unit was all I needed to charge my various gadgets. It has a hefty USB-C PD (Power Delivery) port for rapid charging of my phone and laptop. Two other USB-C ports for my other gadgets. And a couple of legacy USB-A ports which were redundant. The pass through was useful for using the same socket as the hotel's TV / lamp / coffee maker. Wherever we were in the world, I was 100% confident that I would be able to buy a replacement charger if I needed it. USB-C cables are everywhere too. What are the chances that I could find the exact charger needed for a GameBoy Colour? Or the puck for last year's Pixel watch? Or the weird barrel jack for an HP laptop? No. One charger. One cable. One standard. Here's everything I took which needed to be recharged. Phone A Pixel 8 Pro (running GrapheneOS). It also… No comments yet. Log in to reply on the Fediverse. Comments will appear here.