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That U is becoming more and more a joke..
Importantly, it’s universal compared to having parallel and Serial and PS/2 and the old joystick port and FireWire and whatnot.
How annoyed everyone is/was about Lightning sticking around should be pretty good evidence of how universal USB is. Especially since Lightning still used USB-A or USB-C on the host end.
Sure there are different versions of USB, but they will still work. They might not work at their best if they don’t have compatible higher-end features, but they’ll still communicate.
It's very universal, you can plug it into any port that is USB C, whether it does what you ask it to or not is a whole other story.
I want this device, can't expect every cable to be thunderbolt grade.
A Chinese projector light uses the same port for charging, can't expect a thicc cable there
The most expensive Thunderbolt 3 USB-C cables let you get lengths of 2 meters + at 40 Gbps but only hit USB 2.0 480 Mbps speeds if used as a regular USB C cable.