I agree on the "we will survive" fact. When buying something, of course the buyers they must be careful and get informed.
Having only one plug shape simplifies a lot, and this doesn't change how difficult is to choose a product. At all.
Having only one plug shape simplifies a lot, and this doesn't change how difficult is to choose a product. At all.
There were a lot of smart people working on that standard. In fact, amidst the uproar over the introduction of Apple's symmetrical Lightning cable and USB's opportunistic announcement that "Hey we're working on one too, honest!" people seemed to overlook that Apple had people working on the USB Type C committee as well.