Very meaningful considering latest releases from UA and Focusrite
 
https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/what-thunderbolt-3-usb-c-mean-to-musicians/?utm_content=article1-button&utm_source=insync&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20180203
 

my phone (sony xperia xz) is usb-c but wouldn't work with a generic cable, had to get a sony-branded one, grrrrr

pwalpwal
my phone (sony xperia xz) is usb-c but wouldn't work with a generic cable, had to get a sony-branded one, grrrrr

Sheesh.
 
I can see it now:
 
USB-C
USB-C+
USB-C++
USB-C#
 
Fragmentation rules. Resistance is futile.

yeah, the guy in the shop's samsung (7?) worked fine with it...

I had one of the exploding Note 7s. Well, two of them. They took the second one back, as well. That was USB-C. It was nice not having to think about which side was up. They downgraded me to a 7 Edge, with its too-abrupt edge and old USB connector.

There will always be change.  Or change is the only consistency.....
 

Craig is a ray of optimism in a frustrating world of proprietary gotchas. If we ever really do settle on a truly universal connection standard, it'll be thanks to Android. Left to their own devices, Apple would have happily leveraged planned obsolescence to coerce us into endless annual buying cycles at ever-ratcheting prices.

yeah, me and the shop guy ended up slagging off apple for sony's gotcha

bitflipper
...Left to their own devices, Apple would have happily leveraged planned obsolescence to coerce us into endless annual buying cycles at ever-ratcheting prices.

...and more dongles!
 
Walt
 
PS: I finally convinced my wife to dump her iMac 27" and replace it with a Jim Roseberry Windows PC! She's also replacing her iPhone 7 with a Samsung.
 

What part of universal do tech companies not understand?