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Context: this is a legit screenshot I took on my workplace around 1.5 years ago. Hopefully it's been patched by now? Completely ridiculous behavior

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Power delivery has different requirements, so it's normal that not all ports allow it. And it's also possible to have USB-C ports that are only on USB 2.0 hardware.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In this case, OP just had busted USB controllers. All USB-C ports are intended to be equivalent on MacBooks.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

As an aside, the new imac has 4 usb-c ports: two are thunderbolt, two aren't.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Intended doesn't mean that they are. The left side is definitely better than the right, and they get really high CPU usage when charging/using their monitor with their right side USB ports instead of the left.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, I know. I chose my words quite intentionally.