Yeah, it's a significantly trickier proposition when the pads aren't there. The contacts are in the connector, you just need to bring them out and get the resi

Yeah, it's a significantly trickier proposition when the pads aren't there. The contacts are in the connector, you just need to bring them out and get the resistor on them, which is frankly a pain I shouldn't have to endure when USB-C has been out for 12 years. None of this is rocket science, the manufacturers just aren't feeling the pain.