[chrischen]

Your requirement of a USB Aport to satisfy an esoteric accessory is a niche use case. They are not going to include A USB A just like why they won’t add a firewire port to satisfy that 1%.

Pretty much all new keyboards, even niche ones, now come with Type C standard. Plus you are making a huge deal out of the graceful degradation of attaching an adapter to your keyboard. If we’re going to permanently retrofit something its going to be your keyboard—not the macbook.

I upgrade my gear regularly. And because of that I pretty much never use USB A. Apple designs their products for people who upgrade their gear. If they add a USB A to my shiny new laptop it’d be quite annoying because it is 1 extra port that I will never use that is probably there at the expense of another Type C port.

[bee_rider]

I think we might just be posting from different universes or something. Where I'm at USB-A is not really a niche interface. I don't know what to tell you.

[chrischen]

If you upgrade the minor peripherals to the newest versions you’ll find USB A is not really used anymore.

[bee_rider]

Is this a subtle troll or something?

Yes obviously, if I get all new peripherals with USB-C compatibility (other than things like my keyboard and mouse, which don't have USB-C versions, and which are actually my favorite peripherals) then I won't encounter USB-A. Unless I leave my house, where the rest of the world hasn't upgraded to USB-C yet.

[elefanten]

There are $3 versions of the adapter. Yeah this USB shit is annoying but I bought 10 of each. 2 sets in backpack, 2 in computer bag, 2 in desk and a few permanently attached where they’re used most often.

Annoying but fine. Don’t think about it much.

Edit: YMMV but Macbook is not the only offender. Comes up with random combinations of things because cars, desks, cafes, etc all have a mix of USB A/C charging ports. And so do my various devices. The adapters are useful all the time.