> To end users, they're identical, and different names are confusing.
They're not though are they? For example USB4 supports Thunderbolt 3 and PCIe tunnelling but USB 3.2 2x2 does not.
Re:USB4 Specification v2.0
by bryanlarsen on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @08:29PM
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Those are optional features in USB4 so you might as well treat them as not existing.
To developers, the difference between USB 3.1 2x2 and USB 4 is material, and they need two different names.
To end users, they're identical, and different names are confusing.
Changing the labelling of USB 2.0 would be a cure worse than the disease. Approximately nobody is introducing new USB2 products, so having <1% of USB2 products use new nomenclature would only increase confusion rather than decrease it.