• NobodyElse@sh.itjust.works
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      18 days ago

      I’m pretty sure the phrase “kneecapped by crap executions” is in the USB working groups’s charter. It’s like one of their core guiding principles.

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        18 days ago

        If anyone disagrees with this, the original USB spec was for a reversible connector and the only reason we didn’t get to have that the whole time was because they wanted to increase profit margins.

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          18 days ago

          USB has always been reversible. In fact you have to reverse it at least 3 times before it’ll FUCKING PLUG IN.

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          18 days ago

          That’s the reason Apple released the Lightning connector. They pushed for several features for USB around 2010, including a reversible connector, but the USB-IF refused. Apple wanted USB-C, but couldn’t wait for the USB-IF to come to an agreement so they could replace the dated 20-pin connector.