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0 pointstentacleuno3y ago0 comments

> Devices stopped being shipped with USB-A a long time ago now.

Are you talking about Macs or devices in general? My 2021 laptop has an SD card slot, x2 USB A and x2 USB C (well, Thunderbolt 4). Despite how much I like USB C (all the devices I take with me have it), USB A is still here and will be for quite a while.

Oh, I forgot to mention that my laptop also has (full-sized!) HDMI and a headphone jack.

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spiderice3y ago

> Devices stopped being shipped with USB-A a long time ago now.

I interpreted this to mean the male side. Sure you can still buy laptops that accept USB-A, but I haven't seen any peripheral that still uses USB-A in a long time. I'm sure you could still buy a thumb drive with USB-A, but I wouldn't.

hollandheese3y ago

>I haven't seen any peripheral that still uses USB-A in a long time.

Wired Mice, Wired Keyboards, Thumb drives, external hard drives, printers, webcams, external cd/dvd/bluray drives, etc..

What peripherals do you look at? Barely any of them use USB-C unless they're explicitly USB-C docks, or Thunderbolt peripherals.

rrrrrrrrrrrryan3y ago

This is all kind of old tech though. Mice, keyboards and printers have been wireless for ages. Yes, I realize there's a gamer population that prefers wired peripherals for the latency, but some gamers only play on CRT monitors for the same reason - it doesn't make them not outdated tech. If I started a new job and they gave me a wired mouse I'd think they hate me.

The storage solutions you listed (thumb drives, hard drives, optical drives) aren't used daily by most people, and are all widely available with USB-C.

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threeseed3y ago

Maybe you're just seeing older models.

But every new device today is overwhelmingly shipping with USB-C.

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0 pointstentacleuno3y ago0 comments

> Devices stopped being shipped with USB-A a long time ago now.

Oh, I forgot to mention that my laptop also has (full-sized!) HDMI and a headphone jack.

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spiderice3y ago

> Devices stopped being shipped with USB-A a long time ago now.

hollandheese3y ago

>I haven't seen any peripheral that still uses USB-A in a long time.

Wired Mice, Wired Keyboards, Thumb drives, external hard drives, printers, webcams, external cd/dvd/bluray drives, etc..

What peripherals do you look at? Barely any of them use USB-C unless they're explicitly USB-C docks, or Thunderbolt peripherals.

rrrrrrrrrrrryan3y ago

The storage solutions you listed (thumb drives, hard drives, optical drives) aren't used daily by most people, and are all widely available with USB-C.

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threeseed3y ago

Maybe you're just seeing older models.

But every new device today is overwhelmingly shipping with USB-C.

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