

Yes that is a good comparison. Similarly, indirect use of handcrafted or no gen ai is impossible to trace / verify / do. You can’t handcraft each component for every tool you will be using. Similarly, you can’t write your own library / compiler for every software component.
Such a label will indicate only on a high level, ‘that technology’ is not used. Which I think is fine.
You have these usb-c to mini jack adapters. They are like 5 to 10eu. They are small enough to keep them attached to your jack headphone. It works perfectly for me.
I think it is better to view the usb-c plug as ‘one protocol to rule them all’. If you do so, it makes quite some sense.