Why are they so stingy with the usbc ports?
How much can these chips possibly cost?
Most peripherals on a desktop are still USB-A.
Logitech in particular has been dragging feet on USB-C for ages. Get them and HP onboard with supplying Type-C to Type-C cables and you'd probably see a shift in the market pretty fast. Peripheral companies are traditionally VERY slow to adopt new standards, probably due to lead time and molding costs. And while you see it as just a cable change for them it means new packaging, manuals, support staff training, product codes and ultimately new cables. They also need to be early rid of current inventory before they even start that.
As for costs and such, while it seems like they could easily just put type C port instead of type A (even if only USB 2 or USB 3 speeds) type-C doesn't stack like type A ports do so they would need to rebuild the whole rear I/O including new port molds and wiring (possibly daughter board) to add a few more and I don't think anyone has done so yet. Currently you could probably get three type-C and three type A along with display, audio and ethernet and while that may appeal to you, most people want more than 6 ports, let alone 3 type A. It also means a lot more traces as Type C requires a lot more wires. So yeah, it's a cost issue.
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