[gpt5]

The Pencil 2 uses a different technology, with different hardware costs. According to your logic, they should have either not switched to USB-C because a niche accessory has not switched yet, or alternatively, incurred the higher costs and raise price for the consumers (again, for that niche accessory).

Why does it seem so weird that they chose to switch to USB-C while using the adapter as a non-ideal stop-gap solution for that niche use case? It seems like a perfectly reasonable tradeoff.