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> Type-A has completely disappeared from my life and that of my family's. I'm honestly surprised by this. I have eight different type A devices plugged into my PC right now[1] and I don't own a single type C device (and it's not that I've intentionally avoided it). As for the rest of my family, I don't think any of them have computers that'd even have a Type C port. Mine has just one, and it's brand new. [1] Keyboard, mouse, external audio interface, printer, scanner, iLok dongle, external HDD, flash drive. ---- Edit: Valid point made in the replies that 50% of these could have their cables replaced to do USB-C at one end. Cable could be replaced: External audio interface, printer, scanner, External HDD. Cable not replaceable: Keyboard, mouse, iLok dongle, flash drive. |
I too have an external audio interface, a printer, scanner, and external HDD, and they are all connected via USB cables that have a type-C connector at one end and the relevant B subtype at the other. These are now cheap and ubiquitous. My keyboard is lightning to USB-C, and my mouse is bluetooth. As for flash drives, I buy the double-ended ones these days.
The adapters I still use are for an older U2F dongle that is physically integrated into a type-A connector, which is due for retirement later this year, and a Thunderbolt display.
So the writing isn't just on the wall for USB Type-A connectors in my household, they're basically gone.
As for what happens to all the cables with type-A connectors that shipped by default, those are in my travel kit for device charging off wall-warts or vehicles that often still have type-A sockets.