I mean that's because your devices are using an unnecessarily diverse set of connectors. They could all use one - or be wireless - and be done with it.
Within limits. I love Bluetooth, but there are actually bandwidth limits. I have a bluetooth keyboard, trackpad and mouse connected to my Mac. And if I try to connect Bluetooth earphones and speakers I get connection issues on the other things, especially if I’m also using other wireless Apple features like continuity camera or iPhone mirroring (which are WiFi, and not Bluetooth). Why might I have both speakers and earphones? I might be taking a call, but my desktop speakers are still on and idle.
So they could still connect via usb-c if the manufacturers used a single standard connection then. I never said everything must be wireless, I just suggested it's one option available.
Can you actually plug ALL of that stuff into a laptop at the same time? I was never keen on headphones/external speakers on laptops but I don't recall ever seeing one with multiple audio jacks for example.
Oh, I’m not fighting you. I have a thunderbolt dock, I have single-cable solutions both at home and at work, and nobody was as all out on switching everything to USB-C as I was when I got my 2016 MacBook Pro. Even my lint shaver is USB-C. I’m just highlighting that bluetooth/wireless solution have limits.
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u/hhfugrr3 Mar 08 '25
There's nothing superior about having to have a different wire for everything you want to plug in.