Apple, according to the rumors, considered even bringing back USB-A but decided against it.

It would be nice if they could have squeezed one in again so you don't need to pull out a dongle/hub every time you want to connect a "legacy" USB device when traveling. But not really a realistic wish and wouldn't have wished they took anything out to accommodate it.

What legacy USB devices are you plugging in while traveling?

Traveling is when I'm least likely to do that. And regardless, I travel with this[1] anyway, so no problemo.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Purgo-Adapter-2018-2016-Delivery-Thun...

I'm not the one you asked, but heres a few things that I might need to use a USB-A port for when traveling:

* My yubikey to perform 2-factor auth

* The checkra1n jailbreak for my work iPhone (I do some iOS dev and occasionally need a jailbroken device. For whatever reason, it doesn't work with a USB-C-to-lightning cable, it has to use a USB-A-to-lightning cable + a dongle.)

* A USB flash drive for transferring a presentation or whatever. (I know these come in USB-C variants, but I don't have one.)

* Charging all the random things that charge from USB-A ports.

Gotcha. Well except for the weird checkra1n thing, everything else is easily migrated to USB-C. To help with that migration, I highly recommend this[1] cable (or one similar to it) as a technological Swiss Army Knife.

I made the transition at the beginning of the year to "USB-C everything I can" and it's very liberating. Ironically the only devices I have left that are not USB-C are my iPhone and AirPods (and my Kindle, but they just released a USB-C model which I will soon use to replace my current one).

[1] https://www.amazon.com/SDBAUX-USB-Compatible-Electronic-Tabl...

Yea, fair enough. I am generally migrating in that direction, but probably a bit slower than you.

Looks like a handy cable.

As I said not something I could reasonably expect or that Apple should reasonably have done. Just another set of changes to make/stuff to buy.

In practice I’ll probably mostly just deal with for a while by carrying a hub with me.

Of course I have a ton of other things I’ll home but that’s easier dealt with using various usb hubs.

Yubikey has a USB-C version with NFC now.

Would USB-A fit in a macbook? No way for the air right?

I mean, Apple gets to decide how thick the laptop is, so they could make it work if they wanted to. Didn't the original Macbook Air have a USB-A port?

Also, HDMI ports are approximately the same height as USB Type-A ports, so presumably it would fit in this design.

> Didn't the original Macbook Air have a USB-A port?

It did

I am happy if USB-A dies.

For me C can die. Having multiple specs on one plug and various cables that all behave differently is ridiculous.