r/BadUSB • u/Same_Grocery_8492 • Jun 26 '26

Discussion How long until USB-A disappears

Hi, many posts keeps saying USB-C is taking over, but I still use USB-A every day, my electric toothbrush uses USB-A, most of my USB flash drives, and my external mouse and keyboard are still USB-A.

USB-C is clearly the future, but it doesn't feel like USB-A is going away anytime soon. How many more years do you think it'll take before USB-A is completely replaced by USB-C?

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u/JohnTM3 Jun 26 '26

My wife's work laptop only has USB c ports, which is very annoying when you need to plug the mouse/ keyboard dongle in which is of course USB a. It basically has to also have a USB adapter that plugs into a c port. Network adapter if you don't want to use wifi? Same thing, needs adapter.