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What are you using that isn't USB C/Bluetooth at this point? Honest question.

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Literally every single TV or projector I've ever given a presentation on

Ethernet

(micro-)SD card

Keyboard

Mouse

Displays

Flashing microcontrollers (technically could be done over BT but it is a pain in the ass)

Gamepad

I've bought dongles/docking stations for all of these devices but it is a huge hassle when traveling, which is a use case a laptop should be able to excel at. Adding just a single USB-A port and HDMI would be a complete gamechanger for me. Apple wouldn't be able to sell as many of their $70 dongles though.

You can use xb1 controller wirelessly with mbp, new ones connect via bluetooth. As a bonus you could also use it with iphones, ipads and even tvs.

Unfortunately for the project I'm using it for, any RF stuff is a nonstarter. It needs to be wired.

Logitech mice work better with the receiver than over bluetooth.

I'm making due with one dongle right now because I have a Thunderbolt adapter and I've daisy chained all my peripherals off of my old Cinema display.

But it's started glitching out with USB devices.

I've given up on wireless mice and have gone back to wired. It feels futuristic! Just plug it in and it works immediately! No pairing, no charging, no dongles, and it's lighter.

> Logitech mice work better with the receiver than over bluetooth.

I've found the opposite to be true, with my MX Master 3 using the receiver resulted in some odd "bald spots" on the mat that made no sense, switching to bluetooth fixed it.

Not OP but I don't own a single device that uses USB-C. Every USB device I have uses USB-A, including a mouse I bought last month.

(I'm not an Apple user.) I routinely simultaneously use all of the following:

Ethernet, 1-2 USB Type A, SD Card, 3.5mm audio, DisplayPort, (while charging too).

As we can see, Apple's 'Pro' products simply do not work me.

If you're using DisplayPort, that suggests you're at a desk, with an external monitor; for this, a dock works great. I routinely use all of those simultaneously on the TB3 dock I've got at my desk.

Keyboard, mouse, speakers, monitor, USB hub, printer, thumb drive, ext hard drive, SD card, uC programmer, test equipment (scopes, power meters).

That is just what is plugged in to my computer right now, (all USB type A)

All of them? I don’t have a single device that uses USB-C.

How about iPhones, as a great example? :P

Inexpensive monitors. USB keys. Older external drives. Ethernet. Office realities.

None of my peripherals or other things I need to hook up to like projectors are usb c/bluetooth. I need converters for everything.

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