This is all the USB-IF & TB groups fault for trying to sell the public on a "One Cable to Rule them all" standard.
The only issue with that is that their one cable is the most expensive, complicated, fastest cable to solve every little thing.
It's like giving everybody a Ultra Large Slurpy XXL as the solution or a 16-lane highway to solve all your traffic needs.
Whatever happened to the right tool, for the right job?
We need Small / Medium / Big size USB cables.
We already have them too!
USB 2.0 with Type-A/B ports needs a slight update to the specification to deliver true 60 MBps Full Duplex on a smaller connector.
Let's call it the new "Nano-A" port where it uses Type-C micro pin contacts to shrink the cabling down to a tiny Square Connector that is reversible.
This could be your "Small USB cable" where it's physical connector is smaller than a 3.5mm Headphone Cable and is a Reversible Square Connector.
Imagine all the new devices you can make that uses "Nano-A" and deliver a Full-Duplex 60 MBps and Power Delivery on a tiny Physical connector that is Reversible like Type-C.
Update USB 4.1 (Yes bring back the decimal sub revisions) to update SuperSpeed Type-A ports to have ONLY 1x SuperSpeed lane using the latest standard and speeds.
That would mean 20 Gbps Full Duplex or a Assymetric 40 Gbps single direction and 60 MBps other direction.
Update the smaller Connector form factor to a brand new "Mini-C" connector with only 10 contact pins, a smaller but elongated Reversable Isoceles Hexagonal shape, and you're good.
10 Pins/Wires is FAR cheaper to manufacture than the 24-pin monstrosity that is Type-C.
There are plenty of devices that only need Medium Speeds of 20/40 Gbps = 2.5-5 GBps.
Update USB 4.1 Type-C to allow more Alt Modes available by default to maximize bandwidth.
Imagine what you could do if you virtualized the USB 2.0 packets to be sent over the High Speed Lanes and reuse the USB 2.0 contacts/wires as a 3rd set of High Speed lanes.
That could mean 60 Gbps Full Duplex = 7.5 GBps Full Duplex
Sacrifice the SideBand and allow Assymetric Link for 120 Gbps one direction and 20 Gbps the other direction.
That's 15 GBps one direction and 2.5 GBps the other direction
Imagine what you can do with that kind of speeds.
If you Sacrifice Power Delivery and turn those into High-Speed lanes, you could get 160 Gbps Full Duplex with 20 Gbps Sideband
That's 20 GBps Full Duplex w/ 2.5 GBps Sideban
or
320 Gbps One Direction and 20 Gbps Other Direction.
40 GBps One Direction and 2.5 GBps Other Direction.
This kind of bandwidth would be GREAT as a root connection between the PC controller and a USB Type-C hub to allow more parallel concurrent connections without starving them of bandwidth.
Type-C is expensive, but it should be used properly for High Bandwidth devices that need it, not to replace every single thing under the sun with it's expensive design.
That's so many raw materials, resources, & financial manufacturing costs wasted on a "One-Size Fits All" Type-C paradigm.
We can do SOOO much more with a Right USB Cable for the Right type of Device strategy.
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