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>I actually really appreciate USB devices that masquerade as a storage device to provide their own drivers.

I appreciate the ones that don't need their own drivers in the first places. Sure something needs special drivers but things like usb sticks and mice should just work using the default ones and let you get the updates from the internet if you want them.






usb sticks and mice

And USB Ethernet, USB CDC-ECM/NCM has existed for a while and have drivers in common OSes. And yet we are plagued by USB Ethernet with custom drivers (some of which are not available for macOS on Apple Silicon).

Of course, PCIe over Thunderbolt is even better.


But can we achieve 10gig/2.5gig or even gigabit with that?

Yes. With an NCM Belkin 2.5Gbe dongle, I get ~2300/2300 last time I checked.



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