USB-C charging is truly revolutionary.
USB-C data is a clusterf*k, and worse of all, is not UNIVERSAL anymore.
USB-C was supposed to simplify our lives, but instead it’s a total mess
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Re: USB-C was supposed to simplify our lives, but instead it’s a total mess
#13So all issues with USB-C boil down to
- Apple made some different standard that uses the same Plug
- Power supplies come at different power ratings (who would have thought!)
Of course this is not ideal, but it is already better than not being able to get _any_ 3rd part power supply at all.
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#14I could charge a phone with a laptop's charger, then charge another laptop with that.
Contrary to other 'messes', this one is worth surmounting.
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#15Really? I find it to be a game changer for me. The fact that my laptop, Switch, iPad, and several other devices can all share a charge has made my life much easier. I can just sprinkle a few of them throughout the house and never be without power. Before it was always a hunt to find a cable, or I had to be in [x] room to charge [y] device because that's where the charger lived. Plus, I can charge my MacBook on either…
Same for me, also that I can use the same docking station for my work and my private laptop is awesome. Of course the support for the (quite complex) standard is not fully there yet, so one cannot blindly buy or connect new stuff.
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#16The simple fact that USB-C usess a rotationally symmetrical connector is a huge improvement for me. Everything else, well, it worked for me before.
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#17Very much not my experience. In fact USB-C is one of those technical advances like adaptive cruise control that I just can't imagine going back from. My only pain point has been the dongles needed to connect older USB devices to my MacBook Air that doesn't have the ports -- but I would rather deal with that than not having USB-C at all.
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#18Sometimes it seems like I'm the only person with absolutely zero issues with USB-C. I have a Lenovo monitor that delivers power+HDMI+usbhub to my laptop, and having to only plug one thing in to access all my peripherals is amazing. I used a bog standard Anker USB-C cable for this.
Just wait until you have to write an embedded driver for it.
I'll be waiting for a long, long time then.
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#19Really? I find it to be a game changer for me. The fact that my laptop, Switch, iPad, and several other devices can all share a charge has made my life much easier. I can just sprinkle a few of them throughout the house and never be without power. Before it was always a hunt to find a cable, or I had to be in [x] room to charge [y] device because that's where the charger lived. Plus, I can charge my MacBook on either…
Did you not read the article? Because your response doesn’t address any of the issues brought up in the article. Mainly that all the usb-c cables you sprinkle across your house might not have the same functionality. And if you plug your switch in to one it might charge it, while another will not.
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#20Don't worry. USB-C and associated standards are five+ years old now. Some new standards will be along soon enough. Then we will all have to buy new chargers/cables/devices again, continuing the cycle of chasing the universal bus nirvana.
https://www.pocket-lint.com/laptops/news/intel/147329-usb-4-...
>> The USB 4 specification was published in late 2019 and will probably appear in devices in late 2020 or early 2021 - it usually takes around 18 months for devices to come to market once a new standard is published for the first time.