It's not a matter of ecosystem shift. There's fundamentally no way USB-C can meet these physical usability constraints.
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With dongles, lots of dongles
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Then it's not 90% internal and rigid. It's 90% external and either floppy or a giant lever ready to destroy your laptop.
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I believe that's the cost we have to pay until most external devices transition to USB-C, which seems to be far away from today.
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How does the transition help? You simply can't get acceptable physical ux because there's no space to locate the device physically inside the port.
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Once (and if) USB-C becomes the norm, maybe companies will put effort into actually making something small enough to fit this scenario. Maybe something T-shaped where the top part lays almost flush with your laptop encasing.
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I don't see any way you couldcouls get this kind of physical ux (low profile and firm fit) with USB-C:https://twitter.com/RichFelker/status/1000571761367375877?s=20 …
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That looks kinda viable but likely too small. At least max capacity will be something like 20% of what you could get in same profile with USB-A.
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Get a USB Type C hub. Some are cheap and only offer USB-C/A, some are higher quality and offer USB-C/A, Card Reader, 4K HDMI all in one.
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Um, you missed the whole physical usability requirements of rigidness and low profile.
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USB-A devices only stick out a few mm from the side of the laptop and can be left in it while transporting, using on lap, etc. Hubs can't.
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