[michaelt]

With the rise of USB-C, docking-station-like devices are cheaper than ever before.

For $20 you can get something that will pass through power from a USB-C charger, 4k HDMI to a monitor, and provide gigabit ethernet and some USB ports. We're no longer in the bad old days of USB 2 where USB ethernet was noticeably slower - or of $$$ vendor-specific, laptop-specific docking stations.

And if you don't have a dedicated desk where you can set up your docking station, you're probably not going to enjoy the wired ethernet experience, because without a desk you'll have to crawl around to plug your ethernet cable into a floor port every time you move desks.

I still have a soft spot for laptops with built in ethernet ports, though, for connecting to devices in the field.