What did Orwell say his novel was about?

I have to agree. Switching to USB-C is a big step, but I doubt Apple will become more interoperable unless they are forced to.

“This is especially a problem in Star Trek”

It gets really bad in ST Discovery, especially in the last season. Any time the ship gets into trouble, a cascade of sparks starts falling down. It looks like a waterfall made of sparks. The bridge basically looks like a KISS concert.