> They're obsolete.
That is simply false.
The biggest mice and keyboard manufacturers still ship with USB-A cables.
Even Apple itself ships its mice and keyboards with USB-A cables.
That is simply false.
The biggest mice and keyboard manufacturers still ship with USB-A cables.
Even Apple itself ships its mice and keyboards with USB-A cables.
PS/2 mice and keyboards shipped for many years after USB. I expect USB-A will be around for a long time even though most of us will have moved on to USB-C.
The truth is that USB-C has seen a very slow adoption outside the mobile world.
If USB-C adoption surpasses USB-A in a couple more years it will make sense to call it "in sunset", but IMO that doesn't make much sense today.
Even if this is only used once every six months when something goes wrong it would be nice to have. I prefer to use the same keyboard/mouse combo for all machines. Just having that full flexibility helps.