MBAs don’t have that many ports — just two USB ports and the MagSafe charging port. It’s better than before, but you still have to go with an MBP to get HDMI, SD, or ports on both sides.
I wish they'd put a usb-c on both sides so you could route the charging cable either way.
For sure. I'm just glad there's a separate charge port. On previous generations, you would sometimes have to unplug from power in order to back up an iPhone to an external hard drive, for example. Given the lousy battery life on those (Intel) machines, it wasn't such a no brainer to unplug back then!