At least they didn't learn lessons from PS/2, which is circular and mostly rotationally ambiguous, or at least seemed so to the younger version of me. That was the bane of computing during my childhood.

Never had trouble with PS/2. The connectors were flat on top, so it was pretty easy to "aim" them.

HDMI learnt nothing from the old db connectors like VGA. Try it with HDMI when the cable has to go in but you can't see the port. Get gud as they say.