Troughs are great! I'm impressed by the simplicity of it, "this thing must be a cinch to clean! ten seconds of hose, air dry!" I despise the frequent click bait articles about "how to use maths to choose which urinal to use." Use any urinal! Grow up and don't mind your fellow men satisfying their natural impulses just like you. Overcoming "stage fright" is a marker of growing up; I for one admire the old guys who turn into the brass section of a marching band once they enter the bathroom. If you can't let loose in the bathroom after 2 hours at the mall, where is the safe space? The food court?

I don't think that being a total priss about these things is the obviously correct way to move forward. Not every man needs the toilet of a Japanese emperor (especially when your half acre of fescue hidden behind your picket fence is the ultimate urinary domain).

Also bidets are a joke, end up using twice as much paper just to dry off.

Troughs are commonplace in Australia. Despite some of them having a continuous trickle of water, they invariably reek -- much stinkier than individual urinals.

I've seen troughs at festivals and quite a few bars around here. Reminds me of this classic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InR7tip2Izk

They still exist. You can also find several at fairgrounds.

troughs are so much better than urinals, gets you in and out without waiting for a specific size unit to open up, way more people peeing at once, much bigger target to aim for.

I think for some people troughs are difficult because they're significantly less private than urinals (which usually have separators between them).