In my opinion some kind of standard is better than no standard. Now is an unavoidable transitional period and if all goes well within a few years most of portab

In my opinion some kind of standard is better than no standard. Now is an unavoidable transitional period and if all goes well within a few years most of portable devices will charge through USB Type-C by default. I don't agree with Qualcomm's approach, but it's always like that when some major standard is emerging - big players will at least try to pull some proprietary crap. I am an early adopter of USB Type-C charging and I've selected my devices with that in mind, so for me it works flawlessly. I have a laptop Chromebook Pixel LS (2015) and a phone Nexus 6P. I can charge the phone with laptop's charger (it has variable voltage) and vice versa. The only difference obviously is that laptop charges considerably slower with phone charger, but I can plug it from either side, which for laptop users is very convenient. When was the last time you could do that with a barrel connector?