USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversible

Re:USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed ... by eloisant on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @05:10AM (#37829952)

Also I have to say that the situation of USB-C is much better now than in the past.

At the beginning of USB-C you had devices that were not implementing the standard correctly, and using the wrong cable could fry a device.

Now the devices are better protected, you can charge any device with any charger. Of course the charger needs to be powerful enough but if it's too powerful it's still safe to use.

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Re:USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed ... by crote on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @06:55AM (#37830550)

We still see quite a few new products being released which fail to implement the spec.

A common offender is devices which leave out the CC resistors, making them only work with A-C cables. But the soon-to-be-released Raspberry Pi 5 also violates the specs, making it basically only work with their proprietary charger.

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