An extra port:
- is e-waste for everyone who never uses it
- reduces the rigidity of the case
- increases costs
- adds weight
- takes up space
- lets in dust and potentially liquid spills
You can see why people who never use them say ‘no thanks’. Isn’t it better that the people who do want them take on the costs of the port via a dongle?
- case rigidity? The 2015 MBP case is fine.
- increases cost? No proof of this at all.
- adds weight? Again, a microscopic amount of weight to the laptop, far offset by the weight of dongles.
- takes up space? There's plenty of space to add this.
- lets in dust and liquid? The keyboard is a far more likely culprit.
But Apple aren't just trying to please you - they're trying to please most people. Most people don't use SD cards or USB-A devices anymore. The few who do can still do it using dongles, but the majority get a better laptop without them.
Maybe Apple changed their mind, yes (it's just a rumour at the moment), but I'm explaining why Apple does it the way they do at the moment. That was their thinking.
And you can't 'contradict' people's opinion on the way things should be done!
Not sure what you mean - the iPhone 11 is Lightning, which is usually plugged into a charger not a laptop. I doubt many people plug their phones into the laptops anymore - syncing has been done over wireless for many years now.
Why would you do that? It's going to be super-slow - I don't believe it supports Fast Charging as the port can't handle the minimum 20 W.
So yes some people will buy a USB C to lightning cable for their older iPhone and a better wall adapter but most people will just use the included charger.
It’s not about syncing at all
If you don’t understand this use case, then I wouldn’t make bold claims that *most* users never use USB A as it’s certainly false
Even within the Apple ecosystem, so many devices exist that use USB-A that I don't think that most people could accept the assertion that "most people don't use USB-A devices" without some kind of proof (like the sort of usability studies Jony Ive must've used for toilet paper at Apple)
But almost all the Android phones are USB-C aren't they?
Other manufacturers' laptops are also often USB-C for charging. And other brands of things like wireless headphones. Apple uses it less than other brands, as they still have Lightning in many places.
I'm sorry for the crude language but that's absolute bullshit.