> they think that they can bring it about by making every customer who buys the single most popular laptop on the planet a forced user. Are they wrong in that

> they think that they can bring it about by making every customer who buys the single most popular laptop on the planet a forced user. Are they wrong in that regard? Historically they pushed the adoption of USB, WiFi, and a couple other standards. They've always spurred the decline of floppies, CDs, and several other standards. I think the biggest problem with USB-C is that not all USB-C ports are created equal. Can it charge? Will it work with my monitor? Does it do x? There's no way to tell by looking at a port what it's capable of. You just have to plug in and hope whatever you're using is up to spec and doesn't fry the port or worse the entire PC. Apple for it's part has made the ports on the Pro function the same but that's probably also why there are so few of them because of the cost. Other manufacturers have no qualms about putting a half dozen crippled ports on a PC that will have slightly different capabilities. Just look at how many laptops have USB2 and USB3 ports on them.