The Broken Promise of USB-C: We'll Never Get a Universal Cable • Hacker News Board

Re: The Broken Promise of USB-C: We'll Never Get a Universal Cable

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Post by jfengel » Mon, Nov 04, 2024, 5:46 PM UTC

mmoskal wrote: post #22

My "favorite" are these pepper grinders, milk frothers etc that have a usb c plug but only work with usb a to c cables since they do not include the two resistors that are needed to enable 900mA on usb c to c cable. And if anyone says cost reduction, SMT resistors are like 0.1 cent or less... Seems just stupid.

Oh, no...

My cheap IKEA milk frother just broke. I'd been using it for years, with the same AA batteries I put in when I bought it. It doesn't require a lot of power.

If the replacement requires re-charging, especially with a cable that I don't usually have ready to hand, I shall be disappointed.

Re: The Broken Promise of USB-C: We'll Never Get a Universal Cable

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Post by lm28469 » Tue, Nov 05, 2024, 11:10 AM UTC

TheBozzCL wrote: post #14

lm28469 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Meh, I was more or less forced to buy a USB c only pixel phone, for my headphones to work I had to buy 4 dongles in 6 months so far, one worked but had constant static noise in the background, one straight up didn't work, one died after 3 weeks, I'm now using an apple dongle which works fine excepts it only outputs 50% of the volume on android so in a lot of places it's just not loud enough And yes I refuse to buy e…

That’s why I bought myself a portable headphone DAC. I went for the Qudelix 5K. I can turn any headphone into a bluetooth headset, or connect them via USB-C or Lightning with the right cables.

That's 100 euros for yet another gadget to carry with yet another soldered battery that will be a pain in the ass to replace when it inevitably dies

Re: The Broken Promise of USB-C: We'll Never Get a Universal Cable

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Post by TheBozzCL » Sun, Nov 10, 2024, 5:59 PM UTC

lm28469 wrote: post #62

TheBozzCL wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s why I bought myself a portable headphone DAC. I went for the Qudelix 5K. I can turn any headphone into a bluetooth headset, or connect them via USB-C or Lightning with the right cables.

That's 100 euros for yet another gadget to carry with yet another soldered battery that will be a pain in the ass to replace when it inevitably dies

Well I don’t know what you expected then. Buy a phone with a headphone jack next time, they’re still some out there.