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Schrödinger's USB-C, you only know if it supports what you want after you plug it in (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 months ago (1 children)

see https://learn.adafruit.com/understanding-usb-type-c-cable-types-pitfalls-and-more/cable-types-and-differences for all the various things the cable alone can support

what devices can support is definitely an issue too though.

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

I understand that, but I've had USB C devices for almost a decade. I only buy full featured cables so it hasn't been an issue, at least for me. Any time a device comes with a cable it goes into the trash.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

So you see the issue and have a workaround. Good! But that doesn't mean that, as you said, "it's not the cables that are the issue." Why throw them away if they're not an issue?

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

I don't need 36 cables that I'll never use. I have a charger and cable in my living room, kitchen, bedroom, office, basement, and car. Those cables will charge almost every electronic device I own, 8 of them currently within eyesight.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

At least donate them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

But then someone else will end up with these bunk cables. They really should have demanded mandatory identification on the cable ends.