• Jikiya@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Handy guide, but this whole USB situation is a cock-up, since it needs the freakin guide in the first place.

    • Crashumbc@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Meh, while there really could be less. At least they are all physically compatible. And backwards protocol compatible to the lowest common denominator. Which is a huge step forward.

      • tal@lemmy.today
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        2 months ago

        At least they are all physically compatible.

        They mostly support an electrical least-common-denominator (like, I have USB devices that won’t accept USB PD for charging below a given level), but they definitely aren’t all physically-compatible. There are a lot of physical USB connectors.

      • jiberish@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Seriously, as an IT person, I still never know what most of my USB ports are capable of, but I’m glad they are backwards compatible. If something is slow, then I try a different cable and port.