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They would have to do conversion regardless. It might be a little more efficient DC DC, but it's not like you could just have 5v lines everywhere, you might win
by eternityforest 3y ago
They would have to do conversion regardless. It might be a little more efficient DC DC, but it's not like you could just have 5v lines everywhere, you might wind up using as much copper in the thicker lines as you do in the power adapters.
Especially now with USB C. I suspect in 20 years a lot of today's PD supplies will be perfectly good. It's less wasteful when they're that reusable.