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And display outputs too. What happens if the user plugs in multiple displays to the hub could be an important scenario to support...

(and for example, macOS doesn't support DisplayPort MST, requiring an encapsulation over Thunderbolt to support that scenario...)

tldr: it'd be possible to make such a hub, but it's so complexity fraught that a _lot_ of companies would avoid doing it, USB Type-C is just too complex.



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