Microsoft built a magnetic USB-C port into a laptop, and it still takes a standard cable.
The new Surface Laptop Ultra ships with a feature Microsoft calls Magnetic Connect: a USB-C port with magnets strong enough to snap a cable into place from a short distance. Microsoft says it's the first built-in magnetic USB-C port on a laptop, as opposed to third-party magnetic adapters that clip onto an existing port. Unlike Apple's MagSafe, which requires Apple's own connector, the Surface port accepts any regular USB-C cable. The catch is price: the Surface Laptop Ultra starts at $2,599.
Apple popularized the breakaway magnetic connector to stop laptops from getting yanked off desks, then locked it to a proprietary cable you can only use with a Mac. Microsoft's version keeps the breakaway convenience but works with the USB-C cables already in every drawer and backpack in the world. That's the more useful design, even if it's buried in Microsoft's priciest Surface yet.
Whether that convenience is worth $2,599 is a separate question entirely.