At home I bought a 2 pack of USB-C to USB-A the size of a quarter and never had a problem... only because I don't want to buy a new SD-card reader. But now even my external harddrive is USB-C (and incredibly fast/tiny at that) I almost never use them.

https://www.amazon.com/Upgraded-Basesailor-Compatible-Charge...

I really don't get what the big deal is. A $9 purchase which I now use less and less as more products adopt USB-c...