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0 pointsjon-wood2y ago0 comments

You’re aware USB-A to USB-C cables exist right? None of your wall sockets are rendered obsolete, although admittedly you’ll need a few new cables/adapters.

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a13o2y ago

GP's USB wall sockets will be obsolete in short order, not because of Apple, but because the USB Power Delivery standards are still rapidly evolving. The latest version can even power high energy devices like workstation laptops and displays.

But unless they bought cutting edge tech after 2021, chances are whatever got put in the wall sockets is low-power USB-A and destined for obsolescence in a handful of years.

jon-woodOP2y ago

I don’t think it is destined for obsolescence. They were presumably installed to charge phones and other low power devices, which they will continue to do.

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0 pointsjon-wood2y ago0 comments

You’re aware USB-A to USB-C cables exist right? None of your wall sockets are rendered obsolete, although admittedly you’ll need a few new cables/adapters.

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a13o2y ago

But unless they bought cutting edge tech after 2021, chances are whatever got put in the wall sockets is low-power USB-A and destined for obsolescence in a handful of years.

jon-woodOP2y ago

I don’t think it is destined for obsolescence. They were presumably installed to charge phones and other low power devices, which they will continue to do.

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