USB Type-C is still a mess

#1

Post by kissickas » Mon, Jun 11, 2018, 4:04 PM UTC

USB Type-C is still a mess
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Re: USB Type-C is still a mess

#2

Post by epistasis » Mon, Jun 11, 2018, 4:39 PM UTC

I would like a USB-C hub that's like the USB-A hubs of yore: more than 2 USB-C ports, ideally 4 or more downstream facing ports. I saw one once that had 2 downstream ports and one upstream port, as well as several USB-A downstream ports, but I just want to transition fully to USB-C.

Why are there no products for that, I wonder?

Re: USB Type-C is still a mess

#3

Post by ryzvonusef » Mon, Jun 11, 2018, 4:41 PM UTC

https://xkcd.com/927/

cycle of life

Re: USB Type-C is still a mess

#4

Post by jstimpfle » Mon, Jun 11, 2018, 4:42 PM UTC

ryzvonusef wrote: post #3

https://xkcd.com/927/ cycle of life

927 is also the number of times I have seen that comic linked here.

Re: USB Type-C is still a mess

#5

Post by kbutler » Mon, Jun 11, 2018, 4:42 PM UTC

I have 3 dongles and one power plugged into my macbook pro right now (ethernet could be optional, external monitor, USB, power).

Maybe there will be a nice docking station sometime, but for now, it's dongle city, and picking up the laptop a bit to connect/disconnect each one every time I transition between mobile and desktop-replacement.

Maybe something like https://nerdtechy.com/best-usb-c-docking-stations, though they currently are biased toward providing many USB-A ports.

Re: USB Type-C is still a mess

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Post by phito » Mon, Jun 11, 2018, 4:43 PM UTC

The Nintendo Switch probably has the worst implementation of USB-C I've ever seen.

Re: USB Type-C is still a mess

#7

Post by MBCook » Mon, Jun 11, 2018, 4:44 PM UTC

“Why doesn’t Apple just get rid of Lightning and use USB-C on their iPhones!”

This is why. Ignoring the momentum Lightning had from being a few years older, this is a great reason not to switch.

Sadly I know this has become a big problem for people on the new Macs. Plug a USB-C hub in? Now that port doesn’t do Thunderbolt or Display Port. How do you know that? Trial and error.

Very un-Appley.

Re: USB Type-C is still a mess

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Post by pstrateman » Mon, Jun 11, 2018, 4:44 PM UTC

epistasis wrote: post #2

I would like a USB-C hub that's like the USB-A hubs of yore: more than 2 USB-C ports, ideally 4 or more downstream facing ports. I saw one once that had 2 downstream ports and one upstream port, as well as several USB-A downstream ports, but I just want to transition fully to USB-C. Why are there no products for that, I wonder?

The USB-C port can pull substantially more power than the USB-A ports.

Instead of getting the USB-PD stuff setup to reject requests, they just have a single USB-C port.

Re: USB Type-C is still a mess

#9

Post by MBCook » Mon, Jun 11, 2018, 4:45 PM UTC

phito wrote: post #6

The Nintendo Switch probably has the worst implementation of USB-C I've ever seen.

I don’t think they ever say it’s USB-C, we all just know it is. So they can claim things are damaging your device when they’re not Nintendo certified.

I like Nintendo, but that’s a joke and a jerk move. They have a Tegra platform, why couldn’t they do it right?

Re: USB Type-C is still a mess

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Post by sparrish » Mon, Jun 11, 2018, 4:46 PM UTC

I disagree. It's not a mess. It works well. So much better than USB 2.0.

I don't have to try to 'key' it correctly when plugging it in and the connections are fast and 'just work'.