>There are huge advantages to using the same connector and cables that can support 100W of power, 5K displays and also support peripherals that retail for less

>There are huge advantages to using the same connector and cables that can support 100W of power, 5K displays and also support peripherals that retail for less than $1 and be backwards compatible with peripherals over 20 years old. This, quite honestly, sounds wasteful. I am fairly certain that manufacturing these connectors that are much better is more expensive than either the old, less sophisticated, connectors or simply new lower performance connectors.