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Re:USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed ... by Smoosh on Monday October 09, 2023 @06:32PM (#37826284)
Heck, just making the plastic insert white instead of black (now sometimes blue, occasionally orange) would have helped.
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Re:USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed ... by noizejoy on Monday October 09, 2023 @07:12PM (#37826636)
Frequently (by convention) the colors on the USB ports have meaning (including white actually indicating USB 1.0):

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=colors+on+usb+ports

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