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Re:How many kinds of USB-C to USB-C cables are there? by deepsun on Monday July 15, 2019 @07:55PM (#20446388)
Would be easier to rename "USB 3.1 gen 2" -> "USB 3.2".

And the latter two would be "USB 3.3", "USB 3.4", problem solved :)

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Re:How many kinds of USB-C to USB-C cables are there? by ploxiln on Monday July 15, 2019 @08:28PM (#20446542)
They really only ever make it worse.

Initially, there was USB 3.0 at 5Gbps, USB 2.0 at 480Mbps, and USB 1.1 at 12 Mbps.

Then, when they added a 10Gbps mode, they called it USB 3.1 Gen 2, and renamed USB 3.0 to USB 3.1 Gen 1.

They already have plans for USB 3.2: 5Gbps will be USB 3.2 Gen 1, 10Gbps will be USB 3.2 Gen 2, and 20 Gbps will be USB 3.2 Gen 2x2. Yup, Gen 2x2 is next.

And there is no more USB 3.0 - presumably no vendor wants to have to sell an older number, so they rename them all so consumers are confused and think they are all the latest 3.x

ref: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/02/usb-3-2-is-going-to-...

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Re:How many kinds of USB-C to USB-C cables are there? by reaperducer on Monday July 15, 2019 @08:38PM (#20446588)
At this point, I don't blame Apple for holding on to Lightning.

As soon as its phones go USB-C, they're going to have to deal with half a million people on the internet complaining that their junk shop cable doesn't work right or do what they thought it would.

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Re:How many kinds of USB-C to USB-C cables are there? by kalleboo on Tuesday July 16, 2019 @04:40AM (#20448448)
> their junk shop cable doesn't work right

This already happens though. I have a dollar store "Lightning" cable that only has a third of the pins and only works one way.

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