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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Why is it that USB-C devices can be all over the place and also non-standard? (rant, rant)
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Hardly any are non-standard. There are multiple options in the main USB-C standard and USB power just keeps getting extra standards. The Nintendo Switch power is the only one I know that that's not standard. They do supply a PSU and tell you that you can't use a different one.
Also because of makers having too few ports (all only USB) and multi-function USB-C (that are mutually exclusive) I need a box of dongles and special powered USB 3 hubs for my 17″ and 11″ laptops and a box of dongles for my tablet and phone. Even then, functionality on 11″ (no charger port) and 17" is worse than my 2016 laptop which had separate video, ethernet, charger and audio ports as well as a full size SD-Card slot and twice as many USB ports. My 2002 laptop had even more kinds of ports. It also had line in stereo as well as mic. The bigger Lenovo laptop does have a 3.5mm jack, but it's the crippled phone type with mono mic and stereo out on the stupid Apple wiring (sleeve is mic in).
Previously I only ever needed a hub if I was connecting a mouse and keyboard to a tablet.
Now I have three boxes of "dongles" and some interfaces are now impossible on any laptop, that are on PCIe cards for a workstation, and were built in in 2002 (Firewire) or could be added via PCMCIA (the later PC Card format was a failure and never had the variety of interfaces, also some where slower is they really used the USB port in the slot, not the bus interface).