Why two power ports on a budget laptop??

[tophneal]

It's worth pointing out that the EXACT same barrel charger is used on their SBCs (where they DO make their money.) Manu of those SBCs are not capable of utilizing USB-C. Taking that into account, it strikes me as feasible that Pine saves more money by being able to use the same barrel ports and PSUs for more than 5 devices. More than they likely would with anyone's proposed changes in this thread.

Let's also not forget: Pine is not a consumer device company, they are an embedded systems company.