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Re:I’ve made a Cursed USB-C 2.0 device by chaorace on Monday March 22, 2021 @01:20PM (#26543741)
What are you trying to argue here? All pins on the connector are rotationally symmetric. They may not be useless, because they still increase overall bandwidth, but they are indeed doubled. A non-reversible connector would not use this design and there would be fewer pins as a result (as much as half).

Also: USB-B micro connectors might have 5 pins, but the cable itself has 4 wires. The OTG pin is grounded in the connector. This is actually why I said "4(ish)" in my original post.

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Re:I’ve made a Cursed USB-C 2.0 device by Kuinox on Monday March 22, 2021 @02:24PM (#26544682)
The rotating pair can send independant signals.

Thats why USB-C have more or less the same speeds than HDMI, while the HDMI have 22 connectors.

Compare what is comparable, you can't use your USB-A to display 4K-60Hz video, but you can with your USB-C, or HDMI.

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