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USB C is a great improvement, I am currently plugged into my monitor which is providing power + USB. I didn't have to try three times to plug it in.

Sure there are rough edges, but overall this was not easily achievable without proprietary technology just ~6 years ago.

I figure give it 5 more years to mature, and we will take it all for granted.

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The USB-C specification was published in 2014. I understand what you're saying but this is my question - should it take 13 years for the fundamental primitives that USB-C provides to finally iron out?

Why are we still using IPv4? The time to upgrade a standard is probably exponentially related to the size of the install base. The computing ecosystem is much bigger than it was 20 years ago.

> I am currently plugged into my monitor which is providing power + USB. I didn't have to try three times to plug it in.

Unrelated to the plug orientation, occasionally my laptop fails to properly connect to my monitor over USB C (providing both data and power) until I have plugged it in several times. The issue could be either the monitor, laptop, or cable. This is just anecdata, but it shows how USB C alone hasn't solved the problem where it doesn't just work the first time.

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