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Re:How many kinds of USB-C to USB-C cables are there? by ben-schaaf on Tuesday July 16, 2019 @02:10AM (#20447847)
That would certainly mean cutting features. Thunderbolt limits the length of the cable to ~50cm, but that's way too short for a power cord.
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Re:How many kinds of USB-C to USB-C cables are there? by chaosite on Tuesday July 16, 2019 @03:06AM (#20448061)
Thunderbolt 3 cables can definitely be different from fully featured USB-C cables though. They're also labelled differently, with the Thunderbolt lightning bolt mark.
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Re:How many kinds of USB-C to USB-C cables are there? by forty on Tuesday July 16, 2019 @03:41AM (#20448214)
I read somewhere that they are going to merge Thunderbolt in the USB 4 spec, so they won't be so different soon :)
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