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I mean the 3.5mm audio jack was designed in the 50s...
S/PDIF-TOSLINK is from the early 80s. Ethernet just a bit newer, from the mid-80s.
And we probably don't want to start nitpicking about that antenna connector there.
Oh, and HDMI is from 2002, so about the same time.
Turns out that one USB-C is the only thing that isn't a full on ancient connector. I/O has good reasons to move slowly and stay backwards compatible.
Huh, i had no idea that toslink was from the early 80s, interesting!
I was in school when USB was released and remember the first reviews of a USB stick came out...
I'm using toslink to connect my 2022 TV to my 25+ year old stereo. Toslink is great.