This is a thing that have annoyed me for so long with various kinds of products. For example USB-C docks or dongles.

It seems like most of them are designed with the assumption that everyone has whatever they are connected to a laptop sitting on a desk or other larger flat surface, where the dock can be neatly placed next to it with the 5-10cm cable they all have.

My laptop is always on a stand when I’m at the desk at home. So it would be dangling on to the side. And they break when you do that.

I wish products were designed with people using things in different ways in mind when they are designed. For example by making the thunderbolt / USB-C cable from the docking to your laptop detachable. or having a longer cable.

But this is usually only available on the more expensive options. When I took a quick look this moment the options that is “good enough” for me vs the ones with longer or detachable cable is like twice as expensive.