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The connector can still remain the same while the internal changes. USB-C is just the connector head. Look at USB4 that still uses the USB-C head. https://en.w

The connector can still remain the same while the internal changes. USB-C is just the connector head. Look at USB4 that still uses the USB-C head. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB4 It's just like we have new modern electronics, but they are all able to plug into the same wall sockets. I don't have to remodel my home.

jmull 4y ago
That doesn't really answer the question, though. Is the USB-C connector going to be the best connector for everything on into the future? What about mag-safe-like connectors? Wireless? Something you and I can't even think of right now? Introducing such a connector won't be an engineering challenge so much as a political one. The barriers and cost will be much higher, and quite possibly insurmountable from a practical perspective.
- amelius 4y ago
  You can say the same thing about wall sockets. At some point you have to make a choice. And you can always add another type of plug next to the existing one. <- this answers your question
  - jen20 4y ago
    The EU has not done this with wall sockets though. And the idea of just installing two is particularly beclowning.
    - amelius 4y ago
      > The EU has not done this with wall sockets though. Because Apple doesn't make entire homes, I guess. > And the idea of just installing two is particularly beclowning. Why? A connector does not consume a significant amount of resources.
    - int_19h 4y ago
      Invidivual countries that constitute the EU today have standardized wall sockets long before EU was a thing. It's unfortunate that they ended up using somewhat different plugs, and if EU existed already when that standardization happened, it would probably have been a single plug instead, as with USB-C.
      - jen20 4y ago
        Italy and Switzerland and France all have multiple variants in common use - all of which are worse than the British standard.

jmull 4y ago

That doesn't really answer the question, though. Is the USB-C connector going to be the best connector for everything on into the future? What about mag-safe-like connectors? Wireless? Something you and I can't even think of right now? Introducing such a connector won't be an engineering challenge so much as a political one. The barriers and cost will be much higher, and quite possibly insurmountable from a practical perspective.

amelius 4y ago
You can say the same thing about wall sockets. At some point you have to make a choice. And you can always add another type of plug next to the existing one. <- this answers your question
- jen20 4y ago
  The EU has not done this with wall sockets though. And the idea of just installing two is particularly beclowning.
  - amelius 4y ago
    > The EU has not done this with wall sockets though. Because Apple doesn't make entire homes, I guess. > And the idea of just installing two is particularly beclowning. Why? A connector does not consume a significant amount of resources.
  - int_19h 4y ago
    Invidivual countries that constitute the EU today have standardized wall sockets long before EU was a thing. It's unfortunate that they ended up using somewhat different plugs, and if EU existed already when that standardization happened, it would probably have been a single plug instead, as with USB-C.
    - jen20 4y ago
      Italy and Switzerland and France all have multiple variants in common use - all of which are worse than the British standard.