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Re:EU reaches deal to make USB-C a common charger for most e... by vineyardmike on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @02:34AM (#31664057)
> I find it very difficult to believe that Nintendo engineering gave it their best shot and simply couldn't manage to do it correctly.

I'm sure that's not it. I'm sure it was

"Hey product manager. We can launch in 6 weeks if this port accepts power and connects to a dock, or 36 weeks if we need to conform to standards in section 17, subsection 5 part 41.2B of standard 1120 on European code B7"

"what does <standards> get us"

"Nothing, we don't need those features. Also it'll add $25 to the bill of materials"

"ignore it then, we want to launch sooner and increase our margin."

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Re:EU reaches deal to make USB-C a common charger for most e... by tshaddox on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @02:57AM (#31664207)
Perhaps so, but how is that something you can blame the spec for? Any remotely non-trivial spec will be easier to implement partially than to implement completely.
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Re:EU reaches deal to make USB-C a common charger for most e... by vineyardmike on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @04:27PM (#31673536)
Maybe the spec should be more “trivial”. I like USB C over something like micro usb but micro usb is easy enough to use as a power source in my high school electronics class but i don’t think usb c would be.

Maybe apple had it right originally to have “thunderbolt” as a super powerful all-in-one cable (except add power) and we needed a simple “reversible micro usb” for everything else.

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