I’ve made a Cursed USB-C 2.0 device

Re:I’ve made a Cursed USB-C 2.0 device by gregmac on Monday March 22, 2021 @11:39AM (#26542356)

I think this was at its peak when basically every computer had only USB 2.0 ports. You pretty much could plug in anything to anything, so long as it fit. Not to say there were no issues -- USB 1.1 hubs, cable length limits -- but they were so incredibly minor compared to today.

USB 3 introduced blue plugs, complicating things slightly but still everything basically worked, and if something was operating slower than expected it was at least obvious by the color.

Then 3.1 and USB-C came out, and apparently USB-IF lots its collective mind. Now you have you pay attention to see if your ports, cables and devices are "USB 3.0" or "USB 3.1 gen 1" or "USB 3.2 Gen 1" or "Superspeed" or "Superspeed 5Gbps".. (Btw, trick question: all of those are the same thing).

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Re:I’ve made a Cursed USB-C 2.0 device by MivLives on Monday March 22, 2021 @01:53PM (#26544209)

I don't understand why the color coding plugs wasn't brought back for C. The 3.0 vs 2.0 thing was nice, and made it easy to tell what I needed to plug into. Now I have a phone with a 2.0, a laptop with a 3.1, and a macbook with a thunderbold, and my USB to HDMI port only works with one of the three.

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Re:I’ve made a Cursed USB-C 2.0 device by saati on Monday March 22, 2021 @04:55PM (#26546885)

They break aesthetics and for a lot of people that's more important than actual capabilities.

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