About two thirds of all Apple's computers are sold outside the US. It's significant enough. In British engineering circles there are plenty of them (relevant gi

About two thirds of all Apple's computers are sold outside the US. It's significant enough. In British engineering circles there are plenty of them (relevant given the location in which the Pi team works). The key point here is the standard charger design used on almost all laptop models from the world's 4th largest computer vendor. In my experience laptops from the top three have nothing close to the level of standardization in their charger design, given none of the top three have standardized solely on USB C for laptop charging. It was entirely foreseeable many people would try this and be disappointed when it didn't work.