USB storage is awesome. Being able to boot from a USB instead of a DVD is awesome.
Aside from some incompatibilities between file systems, generally the files on a USB storage device can be read and copied from another device.
The search in macOS finder is absolutely terrible. When you type into a search box to search for a file, where do you want the computer to look?
Apple thinks that the answer is to, by default, search on the entire machine.
It gets even better. When you are searching for a file, by default, it searches for CONTENT instead of names. If you have to search by name, it takes an extra click.
USB-C is a good standard to have, especially on mobile devices like phones.
The problem is that USB-C has many different standards, requiring different USB-C cables.
Certain cables, especially cheaper ones may have incompatibilities.