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Re:Jony Ive to form independent design company with Apple as... by xxs on Friday June 28, 2019 @10:48AM (#20304819)
Dongles have existed long before USB-C (and even A).

Pretty much 'a small thingie' that has to be attached to a computer for the latter to carry some specific task. Hence, a card reader fits the dongle definition and it should be part of any laptop...

There used be dongles that served copyright protection.

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Re:Jony Ive to form independent design company with Apple as... by gridlockd on Friday June 28, 2019 @10:58AM (#20304916)
> Hence, a card reader fits the dongle definition and it should be part of any laptop...

Which card reader? SD? Micro SD? SD and Micro SD? Any of the half-dozen other standards that some cameras still use?

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Re:Jony Ive to form independent design company with Apple as... by Dylan16807 on Friday June 28, 2019 @03:08PM (#20307829)
The nice thing about an SD card slot is that you can leave a microSD adapter inside it 24/7 if that's what your camera uses.

Nothing else that's port-sized gets enough use to care about.

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