Comment by mxfh

Because think they need to be backward compatible with decade old peripheral controllers. People tend to get grumpy about this. Yet nobody flinched when XBox ditched KinectV2 with Series S/X.

For PC's people are used to adapters. And USB-C is superior in every way.

A self declared general compute device should have a least two USB-C outs that can drive displays.

For 2026 (12 years into USB-C spec) I would expect a minimum of 2 3.2 capable fully wired USB-C ports.

Even better something newer that could do near 40GBpS or better. Like USB Gen 3×2

(Written on usb keyboard connected to 4k monitor that also charges the MBP it's plugged in)