[ratww]

> Wow, really? That is an interesting choice.

It is interesting but very pragmatic for this situation: until somewhat recently most computers and chargers only had USB-A ports.

[schwartzworld]

> until somewhat recently most computers and chargers only had USB-A ports

Yes! In fact, the only computer I have without any USB-A ports is my work laptop, which is non-coincidentally, an Apple.

[samatman]

I'm old enough to remember the first wave of outrage when Apple dropped the serial port (and floppy disk!) and started using this weird USB thing that only their devices supported.

What goes around comes around. Don't worry, in a few years you literally won't remember that you thought of USB-C as an "Apple thing". Or at least you won't mention it.