don't see why that matters, I don't think it is only an issue for CIs (if anything we are better equipped to deal with it, like others pointed out there are workarounds and we know about them, while Joe might not). Think of a typical home office, there is the PC, maybe a monitor, cordless mouse that has a wall wart on the charger, speakers with a wall wart, cordless (or corded with display) phone with a wall wart, maybe a router ...... I definitely know my desk has a few of those short extender cables.