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this post was submitted on 09 Dec 2025
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I remember the original roll-out of USB, things like mice and keyboards very quickly transitioned to USB and came with one of those USB/PS2 dongles for awhile for compatibility with older computers, and then we were into the USB era.
That hasn't happened with USB-C, large market segments don't seem interested in making it happen, it's not getting better, in fact it seems to be getting worse. So kick it in the head and start over from scratch.
Yeah I am very annoyed there aren't many (or any?) very compact adapters.
I have a couple. My phone came with an A female to C male adapter (will turn an A cable into a C cable) that's about as compact as you can make it, but it is only wired for 2.0. I also have a 4 inch dongle cable that does the exact same thing that is I think 3.0. I just bought some C-A adapters (turns a C cable into an A cable) which look like an A plug with the cable cut off. These aren't compliant with the USB-C spec and can be misused for bad ideas, like an A-A cable, but it does allow you to carry one USB C-C cable and one adapter and cover a lot of bases.