> There are mini-DisplayPort and Thunderbolt 1 ports look the same, and no one complained about it. There are different capabilities on USB-A ports, and Apple never marked their USB-A ports blue, and no one complained about it.
Plenty of us complained about it. Some even saw it as a reason to avoid Apple.
> The alternative is like, what, we settle all the capabilities this port can have, and say that's it, we cannot add new capabilities to this port to confuse consumers, we must use a new port for new capabilities?
Plenty of us complained about it. Some even saw it as a reason to avoid Apple.
> The alternative is like, what, we settle all the capabilities this port can have, and say that's it, we cannot add new capabilities to this port to confuse consumers, we must use a new port for new capabilities?
Yes. Different ports should look different.