tetris11@lemmy.ml to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 days agoHow much of a game changer was USB-C for you, compared to other cables?message-squaremessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down12
arrow-up186arrow-down1message-squareHow much of a game changer was USB-C for you, compared to other cables?tetris11@lemmy.ml to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square82fedilink
minus-squareVenia Silente@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·7 days agoIt changed my economy game. Now I have to buy an USB-C to USB-A adaptor to plug USB-C stuff into my already standing devices. Honestly, no idea why didn’t they make it connector-compatible. Wasn’t that the entire point of the “U” in “USB”?
minus-squareconciselyverbose@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoBecause USB-A sucks donkey balls and needed to die in a fire.
minus-squareVenia Silente@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoSure, if you want; as long as whoever does that retrofits all my USB-A devices.
minus-squareconciselyverbose@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-26 days agoYou can, trivially, with a handful of very small, completely unobtrusive adapters. There is literally nothing redeemable about USB A’s design.
minus-squareToes♀@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 days agoThey really wanted to put an end to this meme. But manufacturers wanted a micro usb replacement and this is what we got.
minus-squareVenia Silente@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoWow hadn’t seen that image in a good while!
It changed my economy game.
Now I have to buy an USB-C to USB-A adaptor to plug USB-C stuff into my already standing devices. Honestly, no idea why didn’t they make it connector-compatible. Wasn’t that the entire point of the “U” in “USB”?
Because USB-A sucks donkey balls and needed to die in a fire.
Sure, if you want; as long as whoever does that retrofits all my USB-A devices.
You can, trivially, with a handful of very small, completely unobtrusive adapters.
There is literally nothing redeemable about USB A’s design.
They really wanted to put an end to this meme.
But manufacturers wanted a micro usb replacement and this is what we got.
Wow hadn’t seen that image in a good while!