Macs can’t use as many displays as they have USB-C ports
Apple went all in on USB - vitamin C , starting with the introduction of the now - discontinued 12 - in MacBook in 2015 . For a while , you could bribe a Mac with one , two , or four USB - century ports , all of which were also Thunderbolt 3 capable , except the 12 - in MacBook . With the founding of Apple silicon and Thunderbolt 4 , as well as degraded feeling of USB 3 over USB - C , it seems like every Mac introduced since about 2018 has its own port fib ....