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0 pointsdanielheath9mo ago0 comments

Some things don't work unless you use the right kind of USB-C cable.

EG your GPU and monitor both have a USB-C port. Plug them together with the right USB cable and you'll get images displayed. Plug them together with the wrong USB cable and you won't.

USB 3 didn't have this issue - every cable worked with every port.

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mrheosuper9mo ago

That is not backward compatible problem. If a cable that does 100w charging when using pd2.0, but only 60w when using with pd3.1 device, then i would agree with you.

yoz-y9mo ago

The problem is not backward compatibility but labeling. A USB-C cable looks universal but isn’t. Some of them just charge, some do data, some do PD, some give you access to high speed. But there is no way to know.

I believe the problem here is that you will have PNG images that “look” like you can open them but can’t.

voidUpdate9mo ago

That's not just an issue with usb-c. normal usb a and b cables can have data or no data depending on how stingy the company wants to be, and you can't know until you test it

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mystifyingpoi9mo ago

Cable labeling could fix 99% of the issues with USB-C compat. The solution should never be blaming consumer for buying the wrong cable. Crappy two-wire charge-only cables are perfectly fine for something like a night desk lamp. Keep the poor cables, they are okay, just tell me if that's the case.

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mrheosuper9mo ago

the parent said "changing the compression algorithm will break backwards compatibility", which i assume is something works now won't work in the future. The usb-c spec is intentionally trying to avoid that.

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globular-toast9mo ago

Some aren't even USB. Thunderbolt and DisplayPort both use USB-C too.

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0 pointsdanielheath9mo ago0 comments

Some things don't work unless you use the right kind of USB-C cable.

EG your GPU and monitor both have a USB-C port. Plug them together with the right USB cable and you'll get images displayed. Plug them together with the wrong USB cable and you won't.

USB 3 didn't have this issue - every cable worked with every port.

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mrheosuper9mo ago

That is not backward compatible problem. If a cable that does 100w charging when using pd2.0, but only 60w when using with pd3.1 device, then i would agree with you.

yoz-y9mo ago

I believe the problem here is that you will have PNG images that “look” like you can open them but can’t.

voidUpdate9mo ago

That's not just an issue with usb-c. normal usb a and b cables can have data or no data depending on how stingy the company wants to be, and you can't know until you test it

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mystifyingpoi9mo ago

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mrheosuper9mo ago

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globular-toast9mo ago

Some aren't even USB. Thunderbolt and DisplayPort both use USB-C too.

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