@sampo @lain Almost everybody used usb-c by that point where it made sense. This just pushed it into areas nobody really cared about like cameras. Even most laptops, excluding gaming ones, had the ability to charge with usb-c.

I think that standardization by law does not make sense in almost every case. Unless there are a few companies with a majority in the market that mostly profit from them being completely incompatible ("smart" garage openers in some countries for example).
Ideally you gather multiple companies together and make some standard that is actually better than the current one.

A side effect of the EU directive is also that it somewhat forced USB PD to standardize insane levels of wattage for such a connector. 48V/5A (240W) is stupid for such a small connector with many pins unrelated to power.