USB-C Enthusiasm Fades as Laptops Add Back Legacy Ports
Source: vowe dot net
After years of aggressive USB-C consolidation, manufacturers are reversing course. Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra now includes HDMI and SD card readers alongside USB-C, signaling that professional workflows still require these connectors. The retreat from single-port design reveals the gap between design purity and actual user friction: dongles and adapters became a worse customer experience than shipping multiple connection types. When adoption stalls, companies default to pragmatism over design minimalism.