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=="To streamline the experience"== | =="To streamline the experience"== | ||
===Fewer ports on modern laptops=== | ===Fewer ports on modern laptops=== | ||
In the 2000s and early 2010s, three or four USB ports built into laptops were not uncommon. Modern laptops in contrast usually feature one or two USB-A ports and might feature an USB-C port, in addition to less modular and less upgradeable parts. In reality, this has the opposite effect: due to fewer built-in ports on their laptops, the user is forced to carry hubs and adapters to be able to use the same functionality as before, which outweighs any portability benefit that the thinness might have afforded. Netbooks already existed as the category of laptops for people primarily interested in thinness.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Victor |date=2022-11-24 |title=Why are so many laptops having less ports? |url=https://www.easydongle.com/why-do-new-laptops-have-less-ports/ |url-status=dead |archive-url= | In the 2000s and early 2010s, three or four USB ports built into laptops were not uncommon. Modern laptops in contrast usually feature one or two USB-A ports and might feature an USB-C port, in addition to less modular and less upgradeable parts. In reality, this has the opposite effect: due to fewer built-in ports on their laptops, the user is forced to carry hubs and adapters to be able to use the same functionality as before, which outweighs any portability benefit that the thinness might have afforded. Netbooks already existed as the category of laptops for people primarily interested in thinness.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Victor |date=2022-11-24 |title=Why are so many laptops having less ports? |url=https://www.easydongle.com/why-do-new-laptops-have-less-ports/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251118151642/https://www.easydongle.com/why-do-new-laptops-have-less-ports/ |archive-date=18 Nov 2025|access-date=2025-10-02 |website=easydongle.com}} </ref> | ||
===Google wants to help cleaning up MicroSD cards by denying normal write access=== | ===Google wants to help cleaning up MicroSD cards by denying normal write access=== | ||