[simon1573]

"Back in the days" you would either buy an original charger, which the store probably wouldn't have in stock, or buy one of those universal charger with a dozen plugs in which case you would have to be careful to pick a powerful enough charger anyway. You would also have to be very careful to pick a charger with the correct voltage.

[Kayou]

Yeah, back in the day I would always be afraid to fry my device when plugging a 3rd party charger, because of the polarity or voltage. Now worst thing that can happen is... nothing. For me that's an improvement.

[Godel_unicode]

Go on any manufacturer site and see what they charge for their USB-C 65w charger that's enormous. Then look at the price of an Anker GaN 65w charger the size of a d-cell battery that's half the price. I think the user freedom and choice is worth some additional complexity.