ooli@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years agoUSB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversiblewww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square246linkfedilinkarrow-up1587arrow-down112cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up1575arrow-down1external-linkUSB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversiblewww.pcgamer.comooli@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square246linkfedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
minus-squareSocsa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 years agoWe are way past it being just a power thing though. USB-C is effectively the standard wired general purpose data bus these days. It’s slowly cannibalizing HDMI and DP as well (via thunderbolt), in addition to power cords.
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minus-squareaveryfalken@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 years agoThe worst parr is it used to be good naming scheme. After 3. They went back ended the meaning of 3.0 and 3.1 and made it bad
We are way past it being just a power thing though. USB-C is effectively the standard wired general purpose data bus these days. It’s slowly cannibalizing HDMI and DP as well (via thunderbolt), in addition to power cords.
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The worst parr is it used to be good naming scheme. After 3. They went back ended the meaning of 3.0 and 3.1 and made it bad