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> Devices stopped being shipped with USB-A a long time ago now. Are you talking about Macs or devices in general? My 2021 laptop has an SD card slot, x2 USB A

> Devices stopped being shipped with USB-A a long time ago now. Are you talking about Macs or devices in general? My 2021 laptop has an SD card slot, x2 USB A and x2 USB C (well, Thunderbolt 4). Despite how much I like USB C (all the devices I take with me have it), USB A is still here and will be for quite a while. Oh, I forgot to mention that my laptop also has (full-sized!) HDMI and a headphone jack.

spiderice 5y ago
> Devices stopped being shipped with USB-A a long time ago now. I interpreted this to mean the male side. Sure you can still buy laptops that accept USB-A, but I haven't seen any peripheral that still uses USB-A in a long time. I'm sure you could still buy a thumb drive with USB-A, but I wouldn't.
- hollandheese 5y ago
  >I haven't seen any peripheral that still uses USB-A in a long time. Wired Mice, Wired Keyboards, Thumb drives, external hard drives, printers, webcams, external cd/dvd/bluray drives, etc.. What peripherals do you look at? Barely any of them use USB-C unless they're explicitly USB-C docks, or Thunderbolt peripherals.
  - threeseed 5y ago
    Maybe you're just seeing older models. But every new device today is overwhelmingly shipping with USB-C.
    - hollandheese 5y ago
      You've obviously never purchased anything from Logitech. Nor have you looked at external hard drives (not SSDs).
      - tentacleuno 4y ago
        > Nor have you looked at external hard drives All of my caddies use that weird micro-USB plug that can do USB-3, which is cool. In theory it'd be easy to convert that to USB-C... just change the plug on the end, or just make both ends USB-C. I typically find those cables to not lock into the port very well.
  - rrrrrrrrrrrryan 5y ago
    This is all kind of old tech though. Mice, keyboards and printers have been wireless for ages. Yes, I realize there's a gamer population that prefers wired peripherals for the latency, but some gamers only play on CRT monitors for the same reason - it doesn't make them not outdated tech. If I started a new job and they gave me a wired mouse I'd think they hate me. The storage solutions you listed (thumb drives, hard drives, optical drives) aren't used daily by most people, and are all widely available with USB-C.
    - tentacleuno 4y ago
      > Mice, keyboards and printers have been wireless for ages. Doesn't necessarily mean they use USB-C though. Logitech's Unifying receivers are still (sadly) reliant upon USB-A, although someone modified one of them to use USB-C instead[0] :-) [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-vFtiDYiIw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-vFtiDYiIw
    - hollandheese 5y ago
      Can you show me a decent optical drive with a USB-C cable? Because I can't find one. Also, yes many mice and keyboards do come with Bluetooth. But all of the ones that require dongles for wireless are only USB-A. No USB-C Logitech Unifying/Bolt receivers.
    - dontlaugh 5y ago
      I bought a brand new external hard drive last week and it comes with USB A. All of the competing products were the same. USB C has replaced microUSB for most devices, but USB A still dominates by a long margin.

spiderice 5y ago

> Devices stopped being shipped with USB-A a long time ago now. I interpreted this to mean the male side. Sure you can still buy laptops that accept USB-A, but I haven't seen any peripheral that still uses USB-A in a long time. I'm sure you could still buy a thumb drive with USB-A, but I wouldn't.

hollandheese 5y ago
>I haven't seen any peripheral that still uses USB-A in a long time. Wired Mice, Wired Keyboards, Thumb drives, external hard drives, printers, webcams, external cd/dvd/bluray drives, etc.. What peripherals do you look at? Barely any of them use USB-C unless they're explicitly USB-C docks, or Thunderbolt peripherals.
- threeseed 5y ago
  Maybe you're just seeing older models. But every new device today is overwhelmingly shipping with USB-C.
  - hollandheese 5y ago
    You've obviously never purchased anything from Logitech. Nor have you looked at external hard drives (not SSDs).
    - tentacleuno 4y ago
      > Nor have you looked at external hard drives All of my caddies use that weird micro-USB plug that can do USB-3, which is cool. In theory it'd be easy to convert that to USB-C... just change the plug on the end, or just make both ends USB-C. I typically find those cables to not lock into the port very well.
- rrrrrrrrrrrryan 5y ago
  This is all kind of old tech though. Mice, keyboards and printers have been wireless for ages. Yes, I realize there's a gamer population that prefers wired peripherals for the latency, but some gamers only play on CRT monitors for the same reason - it doesn't make them not outdated tech. If I started a new job and they gave me a wired mouse I'd think they hate me. The storage solutions you listed (thumb drives, hard drives, optical drives) aren't used daily by most people, and are all widely available with USB-C.
  - tentacleuno 4y ago
    > Mice, keyboards and printers have been wireless for ages. Doesn't necessarily mean they use USB-C though. Logitech's Unifying receivers are still (sadly) reliant upon USB-A, although someone modified one of them to use USB-C instead[0] :-) [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-vFtiDYiIw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-vFtiDYiIw
  - hollandheese 5y ago
    Can you show me a decent optical drive with a USB-C cable? Because I can't find one. Also, yes many mice and keyboards do come with Bluetooth. But all of the ones that require dongles for wireless are only USB-A. No USB-C Logitech Unifying/Bolt receivers.
  - dontlaugh 5y ago
    I bought a brand new external hard drive last week and it comes with USB A. All of the competing products were the same. USB C has replaced microUSB for most devices, but USB A still dominates by a long margin.