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USB-C universal connection or a bunch of proprietary useless shit.
ah yes the useless proprietary headphone jack (?) microphone jack (??) displayport (???) and ethernet ports (????) ... which you can only replicate with USBC with expensive adapters ๐ค
You just need Bluetooth everything which costs 3x as much as needs to be charged and dies twice as quickly, and an expensive router for similar Internet speeds, and USB c monitors and a hub, and also plug things in very carefully and never trip over a cable because you have literally no ports to spare and if one breaks you're sol
While yes you're right about usb-c being universal the question remains why there are just two of them.
Two is all you need. Plus a dock or dongle or hub or thunderbolt chain along with converters so things can plug into each other.
It isn't universal with all the shit I already have, or even most of the shit being made today.
Most of the other things aren't proprietary either.
Magsafe charger came in the box and is objectively better (and doesn't hog an I/O port which are in short supply)
My Lenovo Thinkpad has everything you listed here plus two usbC ports
No magsafe though
Yeah but magnets