[jmull]

That doesn't really answer the question, though.

Is the USB-C connector going to be the best connector for everything on into the future?

What about mag-safe-like connectors? Wireless? Something you and I can't even think of right now?

Introducing such a connector won't be an engineering challenge so much as a political one. The barriers and cost will be much higher, and quite possibly insurmountable from a practical perspective.

[amelius]

You can say the same thing about wall sockets. At some point you have to make a choice.

And you can always add another type of plug next to the existing one. <- this answers your question

[jen20]

The EU has not done this with wall sockets though. And the idea of just installing two is particularly beclowning.

[int_19h]

Invidivual countries that constitute the EU today have standardized wall sockets long before EU was a thing. It's unfortunate that they ended up using somewhat different plugs, and if EU existed already when that standardization happened, it would probably have been a single plug instead, as with USB-C.

[jen20]

Italy and Switzerland and France all have multiple variants in common use - all of which are worse than the British standard.

[amelius]

> The EU has not done this with wall sockets though.

Because Apple doesn't make entire homes, I guess.

> And the idea of just installing two is particularly beclowning.

Why? A connector does not consume a significant amount of resources.