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Since it's somewhat related to the topic, does anyone have a recommendation for where to buy USB 3.0 or 3.1 is cords is that are relatively inexpensive? I've gotten burned by Amazon too many times to trust.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093YVRHMB
- USB C/USB A on one end
- USB C/Lightning/micro USB on the other end
- 10 GB/s data
- supports video over USB C (I have a portable external display that gets power and video over USB C)
- 100W charging
- USB 3.1
I don't care either. They'll probably fix it at some point if they themselves get annoyed by this behavior. But TBH, very few people will be inconvenienced by this at the current time. I have exactly one C to C cable in my house, and a lot of A to B or C cables. So what if it violates the USB C spec? The Nintendo Switch violates the C spec too. Perhaps they should have made the spec a little more straightforward?
Eh, I don't know...
The author seems to assume the USB-IF is a good thing.
Having gone through the despicable $4,000 shakedown that is required to get a vendor id from the USB-IF, and implemented multiple devices against the outrages that are the specs, I dream about the remote possibility of living in a post-USB world someday.
Yes, I was around in the bad old days before USB...
While I'm glad that they took the time to hold support's feet to the fire over this, doing that sort of thing is almost certainly a waste of time. Seldom will you find a support team who can understand a technical hardware problem like this, and even more seldom will you find a company that responds to this with anything other than "nothing we can do, sorry". You're not going to get the "Wow, that is our bad, we'll r…
Support can’t do anything, but they are often your only chance to get what you want: the message passed to someone who might be able to in the future. That’s what the rep said they would do here. And sadly that’s the most you can ask for.
Since it's somewhat related to the topic, does anyone have a recommendation for where to buy USB 3.0 or 3.1 is cords is that are relatively inexpensive? I've gotten burned by Amazon too many times to trust.
These are my go to cables https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093YVRHMB - USB C/USB A on one end - USB C/Lightning/micro USB on the other end - 10 GB/s data - supports video over USB C (I have a portable external display that gets power and video over USB C) - 100W charging - USB 3.1
> I've gotten burned by Amazon too many times to trust.
Since it's somewhat related to the topic, does anyone have a recommendation for where to buy USB 3.0 or 3.1 is cords is that are relatively inexpensive? I've gotten burned by Amazon too many times to trust.
(throwaway account for fear of retribution) Eh, I don't know... The author seems to assume the USB-IF is a good thing. Having gone through the despicable $4,000 shakedown that is required to get a vendor id from the USB-IF, and implemented multiple devices against the outrages that are the specs, I dream about the remote possibility of living in a post-USB world someday. Yes, I was around in the bad old days before U…
I have this problem constantly. I have to work with a number of hardware devices for my job (non-consumer hardware) that proudly claim USB-C. But they also are exactly like the old USB-micro devices with a different port and don’t charge on real USB-C. So to charge them I use a USB-C to USB-A port adapter so I can plug in a USB-A to USB-C cable. It’s horrible.
I was kind of begging for a specific C-C cable that built in the resistors, specifically for these bad devices. It'd be incredibly easy to make, but what a dumb purpose in life. A 3 inch male-to-female adapter would be ideal, for all these jerk-wad devices.
I'm a bit perturbed but the very excellent power-monitoring AVHzY CT3 device I got recently automatically negotiates 5V, so at least when I go to plug in any of the various problematic devices, they work now. Alas it requires a second usb-c cable to work, plus the device, so it's cumbersome: that male-to-female usb-c 5v adapter would still be appreciated.
In the end, it feels like the real pressure the world needs is better reviewing. It'd be lovely to have a meta-site, that tells reviewers things they need to check for on each product. Slip ups like this should be a notable ding on everyone's name, but there's so many reviewers and so few actually know all the various things to look for. Some progress in solving the review meta-problem - enumerating all the concerns any device-type might have- would be greatly appreciated.
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These are my go to cables https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093YVRHMB - USB C/USB A on one end - USB C/Lightning/micro USB on the other end - 10 GB/s data - supports video over USB C (I have a portable external display that gets power and video over USB C) - 100W charging - USB 3.1
Okay, but that's Amazon, so they can just commingle inventory with a fake. Hence > I've gotten burned by Amazon too many times to trust.
(throwaway account for fear of retribution) Eh, I don't know... The author seems to assume the USB-IF is a good thing. Having gone through the despicable $4,000 shakedown that is required to get a vendor id from the USB-IF, and implemented multiple devices against the outrages that are the specs, I dream about the remote possibility of living in a post-USB world someday. Yes, I was around in the bad old days before U…
come on, we just got rid of crossover cables for ethernet, do you really want rs-232 again? :)
I'm just bitter and resentful about being forced to pay thousands of dollars for an artificially scarce number.