[neonscribe]

If I had to choose between an SD card slot and a USB-A port, I definitely would have chosen a USB-A port. I would take both, if possible. I would even give up a USB-C port for a USB-A port, but that might be a little backward-thinking. The USB-A to USB-C adapter is small and inexpensive, but it is still something I will need, mainly for the occasional flash drive.

[prepend]

I disagree. I don’t purposefully keep A and C devices. I’m switching everything over to C and have dongles to do that.

Supporting both wastes the space for when I’ve moved to C.

I’m more likely to have an A->C dongle than an SD card reader.

[emperorcezar]

Maybe Logitech will make a usb-c dongle one day, until then I'm stuck with an adapter that sticks out and is constantly in danger of being knocked and bent.

[neonscribe]

We may live in the future, but many of us still work with people who live in the past. I know Apple always tries hard to be forward-thinking, but USB-A is one of those ubiquitous standards that won't disappear for quite some time.

[dkonofalski]

That's why they went with USB-C. USB-C is backwards compatible, USB-A is not forwards compatible.

[prepend]

I’ve been migrating to usb-c since my MacBook four years ago. I don’t have any A devices and just keep adapter dongles for people who have thumb drives or something.

I don’t care that much because it’s the size of a quarter and goes in my bad with hdmi and other adapters.

[more_corn]

The magic keyboard still comes with a USB-A plug. Also, my low profile USB-A Yubikey is still fantastic and there's no viable replacement. It has been 6 years since Apple removed USB-A. I think we've found the line between forcing painful but necessary change (remember when apple removed the floppy drive in 2000?) and trying to force change, but failing. In the transition to USB-C they tried replicate their success killing the floppy. I think we can all agree that they failed.

[lowbloodsugar]

There's a USB-C Yubi 5 nano.

https://www.yubico.com/product/yubikey-5c-nano