Is it finally time to say goodbye?
Or are there still good uses for this hard-to-kill connector?
“The transition to USB-C has been gradual, and for a few good reasons.
USB and FireWire cables.Markus Spiske / Unsplash
Firstly, the cost factorimplementing USB-C is more expensive for manufacturers due to its advanced technology.
Marcus Urbenz / Unsplash
But USB was still a lot better than many of the ports it replaced.
At the time, it was small and looked nice and neat.
USB-A is bad, but not as bad as some connectors.Marcus Urbenz / Unsplash
But its time is up.
But in every other way, USB-C is superior.
It goes in either way, so you might plug it in without really even looking.
A new hope.Marcus Urbenz / Unsplash
And once it’s plugged in, it stays in.
C-Word
Apple has always been happy to ditch connectors early.
In that original iMac, it replacedeverythingwith USB.
But it’s not so easy.
Back in 1998, when Apple replaced mouse and keyboard ports with USB, the world was quite different.
Smartphones weren’t a thing, and we didn’t have a zillion gadgets that we had to recharge.
More likely is that Apple just doesn’t want to bother any more.
USB-C is smaller, and it’s simpler to include just one kind of port.
