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.
To be clear, for consumers (of said vehicles), that was actually a negative when they got caught, not while it was happening. The cars were inferior after the software update, because the performance and fuel efficiency balance they offered was never going to be possible with sufficient EGR to reduce NOx to what it needed to be. Many have reported drivability or reliability issues with the updated software unfortunately.
Of course literally everyone else benefited from the fix because air is cleaner now.