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Well, a bigger connector likely wouldn't work for phones then, would it?

As far as I can tell, phones are the #1 thing people are plugging in and out these days.

No, it wouldn't, but I honestly couldn't care less about phones. It makes absolutely no sense to attempt to design a port that is good for both delivering power to tiny devices and also good for transferring forty gigabits per second of data, all while being durable and maintaining a good connection.

Well, the whole point of the movement was to make one connector be the standard for most everything. The general populace is much more upset with having to keep a bunch of different connectors around. It's much easier for them if they can just have one connector to deal with.

It'd be nice for me too. I wouldn't have to keep an entire drawer full of various cables...

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