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Re:USB-C was supposed to simplify our lives, but instead it’... by brigade on Thursday October 01, 2020 @03:08PM (#24654980)
Probably a corruption of the fact that the protocol to get HDMI out of the Switch is a proprietary alt-mode, which is why standard docks and USB-C to HDMI adapters don't work. But USB-PD chargers are very much intended to work.

The docks that do work generally reversed-engineered the proprietary protocol, and some have damaged Switches because they got details wrong.

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Re:USB-C was supposed to simplify our lives, but instead it’... by ascagnel_ on Friday October 02, 2020 @02:50PM (#24665769)
The protocol to get video-out isn’t proprietary, just rare —they’re using Mobility DisplayPort from the Switch, and converting DP to HDMI in the dock.

Of course, had they used the native HDMI side-channel (which I’m not sure had been finalized at the time), they would have been able to skip this step.

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