It’s 2020 and USB-C is still a mess:
https://www.anandtech.com/show/15902/intel-thunderbolt-4-update-controllers-and-tiger-lake-in-2020
Look how many different effing Type-C cables are out there already, and ThunderBolt 4 isn’t helping by trying to take it over.
The USB-IF Group came up with a dumb idea to make one “Super Cable” AKA Type-C that is overly complex and over kill for many things.
USB 2.0 is good enough for basic things like “KB, Mice, Game Controllers, Stylus, other small doodads”, shoving Type-C onto those ports is excessive.
USB Type-A SuperSpeed with it’s single lane is good enough for many devices who need more speed than USB 2.0, but not so much speed that the Type-C cable is needed.
Plenty of Storage devices / Memory Card Readers / other devices can be satisfied by it.
Type-C just seems like a Over-Kill solution at the moment that should be relegated to High Performance devices that need that kind of Bandwidth.
And having to explain all the USB 3.X / USB4 with it’s Gen # x # is a pain in the ass to normies.
And USB4 / TB4 won’t even increase throughput compared to last gen.
There’s a literal USB 2.0 Backwards Compliant Full Duplex lane that can be killed off and turned into a 3rd set of Super Speed lanes, but they want to preserve USB 2.0 backwards compatibility.
A foolish endeavor IMO, be like Apple, kill backwards compatibility, get more Speed out of your existing hardware.
USB 2.0 Backwards Compatibility can be solved by USB 2.0 Type-A ports or using the same miniaturization technology from Type-C and make super tiny new ports/connectors that are Type-A/B compatible but smaller then 3.5mm headphone jacks.
