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Re:USB-C was supposed to simplify our lives, but instead it’... by ziml77 on Thursday October 01, 2020 @03:33PM (#24655267)
Bringing up the Switch is unfair to USB-C. That would be like complaining about IEC C14 if Nintendo decided to make a connector that was just a hair larger and swapped hot and ground. Not being compliant is completely Nintendo's fault.
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Re:USB-C was supposed to simplify our lives, but instead it’... by notacoward on Thursday October 01, 2020 @03:50PM (#24655462)
> Bringing up the Switch is unfair to USB-C.

Not really. Other interconnect standards have often (sadly not always) made it much harder for a small error like this to cause actual physical damage. USB-C made it easy, despite decades of learning on the subject. Yes, the fault is mostly Nintendo's, but USB-IF wasn't totally innocent either.

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