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> I have to carry a "dongle bag" with me. I don't get it. Why a separate dongle for everything? I bought a U$50,-- USB-C expander with pass-through charging f

• jwr 6y ago
  I looked into my dongle bag and it contains: a USB-C expander thingy like you described, but with one USB-A. A hub with 4xUSB-A and a USB-C plug. A thumbdrive with both USB-A and USB-C. Two headphone dongles, one for Lightning and one for USB-C. A USB-C to DisplayPort cable for connecting an external monitor. A USB-C-to-C short cable for connecting an external SSD drive, as well as USB-A-to-C adapter for it, for when I have to connect it to a USB-A system. A USB-C to Ethernet adapter. Two tiny C-to-A adapters. In other words, USB-C has added zero value for me, and created a need for plenty of new cables, dongles, and adapters/expanders. Relevant: https://xkcd.com/927/ https://xkcd.com/927/ If my MacBook Pro had HDMI, 2xUSB-A and an SD Card slot, and if phones/ipads had headphone jacks, I could cut the size of the dongle bag by 3/4 at least.
  • dep_b 6y ago
    On my MacBook Pro 2015 I would have needed the dual thumb drive and SSD cables (unless I wanted to use the faster TB2 port, then I needed a third cable), an Ethernet dongle and still some converters for the Lightning EarPods. But disk speeds would be lower and my power cable wouldn’t be universal. I do miss HDMI as well. I have an adapter somewhere but I forget about it until I need it