I completely disagree. I can put a Type C plug into the port of any of my devices on the first attempt, the quality of the plug is much higher, the plug is more stable in any of the ports of my devices, I can charge all my devices with one charger, I have a docking station that just delivers 4k/UHD@60hz with both of my laptops (MBP, Pixelbook) and all I need is one Type C plug in my laptop.<p>I have a GaN 68W charger with 2x C and 1x A and it's the best travel companion I've ever had. It's lightweight, small and it just works.<p>I roll my eyes everytime people complain about Type C. The second Apple delivered Thunderbolt 3 via Type C it was clear that the dream of having one universal port for everything doesn't work, then came various ways of quick charge, some even proprietary. But you can rest assured that anything that's just Type C will work with any Type C and charging isn't always quick but it works.<p>This is so much better than anything we had before.
At least in terms of charging my USB-C devices the experience has been good for me. I know I can carry a single charger (ie: my Dell 100W USB-C charger) when travelling and it will charge my cellphone and Nintendo Switch as well.
These are just teething pains for an emerging, universal charging standard. I will take some incompatibility between USB-C even for the next decade, if that means that I no longer need to carry more than one wire and more than one charger to power all my devices.
Replace: USB-C with RJ-45 and his argument is just as silly.<p>It turns out both simplified our lives dramatically, and both require you to do a bit of research before plugging things in.<p>If you don't want to brick your expensive devices, buy approved chargers. No different than being able to buy cheap knock-off batteries for devices off ebay. Will they work most of the time? Sure. Are you risking bricking your device or burning down your house using that $25 laptop battery off ebay? Absolutely.
Aside from that, some manufacturers, for example a certain one named after a popular fruit, decided it would be prudent to save a few bucks and ship cables that are only able to charge devices, not for any form of data transfer.<p>Ok, maybe it wasn't to save money and instead force people to use cloud solutions for data sharing. This way we will end up with a lot of disabled cables where people wonder why they don't work.
Man, so true. I’m still mad at LumeCubes for being USB-C, but only being chargeable from a USB-A to USB-C cable because making C to C charging would’ve required additional circuitry.
usb-c is too fragile. blew out my macbook pro last week when i plugged in the charger. High power through such fine connectors is just asking for a spark / short. So sad. Poor design.