The European Union has officially imposed a new rule for selling laptops with a power rating of 100 W or less, requiring them to use a USB-C port for charging. This rule takes effect today, April 28, Tuesday, as the European Commission has been exploring ways to reduce electronic waste and has been ...
Costs about $30 in my country. Just need a guy who knows how to solder
You need someone with a good hot air rework station and preheater. The full function USB C connectors have a second row of pins under the connector. They can’t be replaced with just a soldering iron.
fortunately lots of laptop repair shops have this
Still not user replaceable. Should be mandated as a separate board. It’s such an elementary thing to need to replace, USB-C ports that are plugged and unplugged on a daily basis need to be replaced eventually and there’s literally nothing stopping manufacturers from putting it on a separate board on a laptop if they can do it on phones.
And what about the thing that the user replaceable part is plugged into?
… What?
The motherboard?
That’s expensive to replace. Which is why the single most important plug on the device should be separately replaceable by a user with a screwdriver kit. Even apple used to do it that way for Magsafe, but unfortunately not for some usb c laptops.