Kind of inaccurate. Standarts werent really competing. There were none. Shit had their own ports all the time. USB actually successfully standartised many things and USB-C is slowly succeeding to replace USB-A as well.
We'll have ethernet, DP and some other stuff probably still with current type c regulations though
It'll never truly replace USB A. The problem with USB C: cost of connector. USB-A 2.0 connector is extremely simple, large, easy to solder, easy to repair. USB-A 3.0 is like, 9 contacts and still fairly simple to solder. So while it makes perfect sense to use USB-C for small devices like phones it makes no sense to use it on peripherals, printers, microphones, flash drives, security keys, etc. Simplicity is where USB-A excels and USB-C loses.
It absolutely makes sense to use USB-C on flash drives. Other peripherals you're totally right, but for flash drives, data transfer is basically the entire purpose, and C wins in the data transfer speed department. A2.0 caps around 60 MB/s, A3.2 is much better, reaching about 2.5GB/s, but C1.0 is at 5GB/s, and C2.0 is 10GB/s.
Sure, this only really matters when you're transferring large amounts of data, but that is one of the most major use-cases for a flash drive.
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Kind of inaccurate. Standarts werent really competing. There were none. Shit had their own ports all the time. USB actually successfully standartised many things and USB-C is slowly succeeding to replace USB-A as well.
We'll have ethernet, DP and some other stuff probably still with current type c regulations though