HDMI Alt Mode standard provides native output via USB Type-C

[HEXUS]

Using a simple cable, no need for protocol and connector adapters or dongles.

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[HW90]

This is definitely going to replace most HDMI ports in products next year as long as the cables aren't prohibitively expensive, though it's odd they couldn't push HDMI 2.0 through when DisplayPort can manage 8K@60Hz over usb-c.

[scaryjim]

This is definitely going to replace most HDMI ports in products next year ...

For mobile devices, maybe, although my concern there is that we'll end up with devices that have a single USB C port that can do everything, but only does one thing at a time...

Can't really see laptops or desktop GPUs going for USB-C over HDMI, particularly if it can't support full HDMI 2.0 (maybe a deliberate decision to differentiate the ports for different markets...?). So I don't think those HDMI cables are going to be obsolete for a while yet...

[Dashers]

Surely this was one of the ideas of having different connectors in the first place? So people wouldn't plug in and expect something to work when it wasn't compatible.

Now we have USB-C connectors, that may, or may not be able to output to your HDMI screen. If it doesn't work, you then have to try and dig out some documentation to try and find out if it was supported or if you have a bust driver.