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      I mean, it’s pretty easy to imagine needing 10 USB ports. I think I’m using around that many myself on my desktop. Then just add a couple more for things that may be things needed temporarily.

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            Well I am currently using about 5-6 ports on my PC and 2 of those are not really needed. I can imagine using a couple more but certainly not 15.

            I could fill them up but I don’t have a scenario where I actually need that many things plugged in at the same time in the first place.

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              The thing is though, every situation is different. I’m glad the designers of USB did not think like you do. Having the ability to use a lot of devices might be rare but it’s definitely been needed before, whether or not others can imagine it.

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                Fuck’s sake I was just asking what they were using it for that they filled out 15 ports and everyone is attacking me for thinking 15 is too much or something.even though I never stated that

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          meanwhile I’m overhere with…

          keyboard, mouse, camera, 4x flash drive, game controller, ebook reader, external storage disk, printer, VR headset, multimedia card reader, LED controller, my monitor (USBc display + hub + KVM) and my phone…

          ofcourse not all at the same time. but I have a mess of USB extensions and hubs as I don’t have enough root Ports lol

          (Linux not hacintosh) I apparently couldn’t run it if I wanted to.

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        My kids gaming pc tower has a set of usb ports on the back and a set on the front. It’s great to have options, but he’s not going to use them all. Ie he has ten usb ports for the five he uses

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          Fair enough, but not everyone is your kid. Needing to have things plugged in at once shouldn’t need defending. I would prefer to leave things plugged in if I can. USB supports that, so why wouldn’t I?

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            I mean the point is there’s a convenience factor where you might have twice as many ports as you’re willing to use

            It’s not just that you might have more devices or want to leave them plugged in, but you may find some ports undesirable to use