One of them is used for charging, so you really only have one useable port. Still, TB3 dock should be able to provide enough ports for most people (at the expense of portability).

Not to defend Apple because your point is valid, but you can buy a $25 Anker hub and run power through that and gain a ton of ports.

Not really. You could try to get a $25 hub from Amazon and hope it works, half the reviews seems to disagree on that.

However it still won't give you any HDMI or audio or Ethernet output. If you try to get one more adapter, say HDMI to connect a projector, you won't be able to plug it because there was only one thunderbolt port in the first place.

£75 pounds for basic connectivity https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/product/MUF82ZM/A/usb-c-digita...

£120 pounds for dual display with dual USB. https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/product/HMX02ZM/A/caldigit-thu...

£230 for a dock https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/product/HMX12Z/A/caldigit-ts3-...

I dunno what you're on about, here are a couple of Anker adapters I use just fine, all day every day.

That said, it sounds like you're really not interested in this market and I recommend you look elsewhere for a solution.

https://www.amazon.com/Anker-Upgraded-Delivery-Pixelbook-A83...

https://www.amazon.com/Anker-PowerExpand-Adapter-Delivery-Et...