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Re:Why do USB-C hubs still have USB 2.0 ports? (2021) by Spooky23 on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @10:20PM (#31335140)
The problem is the cost of building a little hub that has a backplane capable of handling 40Gb is not cheap. Should alt mode work? Does anyone actually understand wtf that means?

Combine that with the market expectation that a hub is a feature of a $12 keyboard and the baffling combination of cables, etc, and you get an expensive, limited utility product that will have low sales and high return rate.

USB-C is a comically poorly designed human interface.

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Re:Why do USB-C hubs still have USB 2.0 ports? (2021) by Dylan16807 on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @10:38PM (#31335267)
I would expect a basic hub to do 5Gbps or 10Gbps. No need for 40.

> USB-C is a comically poorly designed human interface.

You can blame alt modes, but the port itself is fine and when used for pure USB the issues are quite minor.

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