A lot of Dell design is slightly more proprietary. At their scale the slight cost or efficiency gains they pick up are probably worth the extra design changes.

A lot of Dell design is slightly more proprietary. At their scale the slight cost or efficiency gains they pick up are probably worth the extra design changes. At work we use all Dells and generally speaking the changes generally lead to a nicer technician experience. And sometimes standards suck: Dell E-series docks were drastically more reliable and less fragile than USB-C and I miss them terribly. For what it's worth, I'm not sure the consumer is hurt too bad either: Because of their sheer scale, aftermarket Dell parts and clone parts are extremely cheap. Any Dell part number turns ip tons off off-brand replacements on Amazon and eBay. The biggest downside to Dell's approach is e-waste. When they change a design, otherwise serviceable hardware isn't useful when working with newer models. Speaking of those wonderful old E-series docks, we had to replace them all simply because they don't sell laptops with the connector anymore.