That isn't the issue. Its an Intel platform and Intel _wants_ to lock everyone into their platform... which requires the platform to be as accessible and ubiquitous as possible.
Limiting Thunderbolt to a few computers no one owns (except Apple products, Thunderbolt is everywhere there) basically signs Thunderbolt's death.
Thunderbolt 3 is now fast enough that I can do 40gbit Ethernet over it. With the upcoming PCI-E 4.0 standard, that is 2-3 lanes worth of bandwidth.
Yet, Intel isn't storming the industry and trying to legitimately compete with USB 3.x.
Limiting Thunderbolt to a few computers no one owns (except Apple products, Thunderbolt is everywhere there) basically signs Thunderbolt's death.
Thunderbolt 3 is now fast enough that I can do 40gbit Ethernet over it. With the upcoming PCI-E 4.0 standard, that is 2-3 lanes worth of bandwidth.
Yet, Intel isn't storming the industry and trying to legitimately compete with USB 3.x.