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0 pointspkulak6y ago0 comments

> People will still be using USB-A for the next 10 years.

Possibly. But they'll be using it for the next 100 if no one ever removes it from anything.

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The floppy drive died because a better option came out. If USB-C is truly better, than all new accessories would use it.

There needs to be a transition period where everyone has USB-C and USB-A so that the peripherals can naturally move to the better technology.

Right now I've never seed a good USB-C to USB-A converter. I work at a lot of conferences, and any time a speaker comes with a new MacBook and a USB adaptor, it's a disaster. They all suck.

AdamN6y ago

They removed USB-A about a year before they should have, but now the industry has moved on. We can talk about it as a mistake in the past, but it would be wack to put USB-A back onto these devices.

Lammy6y ago

How can we say "the industry has moved on" when the second piece of media on the linked announcement page has someone doing music production with a visible USB-C -> USB-A dongle connecting some rack-eared music gear. There's even a second dongle on their left that I don't recognize. I long for the C-only future, but we're not there yet. Apple's decision to go C-only always seemed to be an aesthetic one to me.

mpweiher6y ago

That was true last year.

This year, it's been smooth sailing at every conference so far.

jedberg6y ago

I literally dealt with a broken hub last week. I have no idea what you’re talking about.

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catalogia6y ago

If people actually started using electronics for 100 years instead of throwing them out every few years, that would be fantastic. It would also be a very radical departure from the status quo and I don't think it a likely scenario, so rest easy I guess..

chongli6y ago

While it may be fun to try to design something that lasts s hundred years and that people will want to use in a hundred years, who would want to sell it?

tim3336y ago

I'm not sure I see the problem - if it works and people are happy why not?

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jedberg6y ago

The floppy drive died because a better option came out. If USB-C is truly better, than all new accessories would use it.

There needs to be a transition period where everyone has USB-C and USB-A so that the peripherals can naturally move to the better technology.

Right now I've never seed a good USB-C to USB-A converter. I work at a lot of conferences, and any time a speaker comes with a new MacBook and a USB adaptor, it's a disaster. They all suck.

AdamN6y ago

They removed USB-A about a year before they should have, but now the industry has moved on. We can talk about it as a mistake in the past, but it would be wack to put USB-A back onto these devices.

Lammy6y ago

mpweiher6y ago

That was true last year.

This year, it's been smooth sailing at every conference so far.

jedberg6y ago

I literally dealt with a broken hub last week. I have no idea what you’re talking about.

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catalogia6y ago

chongli6y ago

While it may be fun to try to design something that lasts s hundred years and that people will want to use in a hundred years, who would want to sell it?

tim3336y ago

I'm not sure I see the problem - if it works and people are happy why not?

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