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Re:USB-C was supposed to simplify our lives, but instead it’... by frosted-flakes on Thursday October 01, 2020 @11:17AM (#24651864)
USB 3 connectors and ports were pretty much always blue.
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Re:USB-C was supposed to simplify our lives, but instead it’... by chrisseaton on Thursday October 01, 2020 @11:42AM (#24652198)
> USB 3 connectors and ports were pretty much always blue.

I’ve never seen a blue connector and ports in most laptops are just body coloured like in MacBooks.

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Re:USB-C was supposed to simplify our lives, but instead it’... by curryst on Thursday October 01, 2020 @12:13PM (#24652637)
It's rather ubiquitous, I'm surprised you haven't seen them. The plastic bits in the USB 3 ports in my motherboard, case, keyboard, _and_ the USB ports built into my monitor arms are all blue. Lower USBs are black. It's not universal, but it is very common.
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Re:USB-C was supposed to simplify our lives, but instead it’... by chrisseaton on Thursday October 01, 2020 @12:21PM (#24652776)
Aren't those the ports? The ports are blue. I haven't seen a blue connector.
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Re:USB-C was supposed to simplify our lives, but instead it’... by chipsa on Thursday October 01, 2020 @03:36PM (#24655304)
The metal bits aren't, but the plastic inside is.
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Re:USB-C was supposed to simplify our lives, but instead it’... by yoz-y on Thursday October 01, 2020 @04:17PM (#24655737)
Ubiquitous outside of Apple ecosystem only though.
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