I was watching another tech YouTube video on computer and/or iPad peripherals the other day (I can stop any time I want.). In the video, the presenter was describing a 7-in-One usb-c dongle that had all the ports he and any other pro users might need.

I'm not sure why this video struck me more forcefully than any of the others I've watched, but his focus on the utility provided by the SD-card and micro SD-card slots leapt out as two facts immediately presented themselves:
I can't remember the last time I used as SD-Card. Yes, I can appreciate how important they are for podcasters and YouTubers and have considered them as an external storage option, but I have never found a need to use them.*

I have needed the VGA connection on my Satechi Munliport Adapter twice in the past year while presenting at universities in Europe and the US. The VGA connection, in fact, was the “Pro” feature that made me go with this model rather than some of the more streamlined ones.

I have written before on how “Pro” means different things to different people. What strikes me as remarkable is how often we confuse general purpose devices for tailored machines and knock them for providing peripherals that serve our specific needs — as if peripherals (now often connected via dongles) were signs of a device's limitations rather than their adaptability.

* Yes, I know: Having published that, I will need to use one at some point in the coming days.