They were certainly a bit more generous in the past with their included-in-the-box goodies, that's for sure. A slight return to that, when the notebooks went Thunderbolt/USB-C only, would've been nice. Just to allow folks the ability to plug in/use all their USB stuff, out of the box.
Progress hurts the butt sometimes.
Apple frequently manages to be both a high-end luxury outfit
and the chintziest, most nickel-and-diming one I've ever known. About like Audi or Mercedes charging you $4.75 every time you turned the AC on.