>>>"a waste" as in
>- does not work reliably/at expected speed
>- does not forward Thunderbolt being end-chain, barring other TB usage ?
>- only as in ridicolously overpriced for needed functionality ?
>
>Second one- only one Thunderbolt on the MacAir, used up by ethernet.

yupp, and those Hubs seem to have problems as well sometimes with SATA or monitors - besides costing 250+.
Wonder how much it would have cost more on the producing side to offer in-chain.