https://madeby.google.com/phone/
Within 24 months, most Android phones will ship with USB-C.
That's over a billion devices a year.
http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/1/11836816/iphone-vs-android-...
Chromebook are starting to ship with USB-C.
http://venturebeat.com/2016/10/03/hp-chromebook-13-review-th...
USB-C is the future. I'm really not sure why PC vendors having put a couple of all of their desktops and laptops. Many will probably offer both A and C, for at least a few years.
If you have buy a new computer with 0 USB-C ports, you're going to regret it in a few years.
In my opinion, that's courage that actually matters. USB-C is a huge step forward which everyone will benefit from once we all move. Removing the audio jack? meh.
because the proprietary Lightning plug allows them to control who is connecting to their phones and it allows them to charge for the privilege of doing so.
What's happening on the other end of that USB-Cable that's the question. My guess: In the package of the next (or the one after) they will ship an USB-C to Lightning cable.
And if USB-C is so great and the future of all tech, why isn't Apple moving to it on their mobile devices? In my mind the problem isn't the specific technology used on any of these devices. The problem is that the devices aren't using the same technology between them.