Where could we go wrong? We might never know … but it for sure isn’t because of cult-like loyalty to a single company notorious for doing this. It’s a mystery
Comment on Anon is incompatible
MutantTailThing@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Hey remember that tried and true universal plug-in that literally works on everything and everybody loves? Lets not have that anymore.
EfreetSK@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
merc@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
plug-in?
red_bull_of_juarez@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I know Apple is terrible with usability, but I also think USB-C is now the one that works everywhere. All my last USB stick purchases had USB-A and C, just so that I don’t have to run away in tears. I can even use them with smartphones and those never had USB-A.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
It’s the new standard, but there should always be at least one USB-A. It’s still incredibly common.
fartsparkles@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
USB-C is over 11 years old.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
And? Is there something newer that’s a standard? If not, it’s the new one.
Also, it’s only recently become the de facto standard. Yes, it’s older than that, but it didn’t become the standard until maybe five years ago. So much was still being made for USB-A, and some things still are. Anything older than ~5 years ago has good odds of being A.
RamenJunkie@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
People do. Ot replace accessories and specialized external hardware nearly as often as companies think they do.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
And my 5 year old motherboard doesn’t have it.
gramie@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
And I have about 20 USB-A flash drives, up to 128GB, that I should just toss in the trash because…why exactly? Because they are “old”?
Turret3857@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
“all my recent flash drives have had both ports so I can use them with usb a or usb c!”
“WHAT SO I SHOULD JUST TOSS ALL MY OLD HARDWARE?”
no one said that. youre just saying shit. you can still use your usb-a flash drives.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
“SO YOU HATE WAFFLES?”
“That’s a whole new sentence. Wtf is you talkin about?”
Juviz@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Bro, just get an A-C Adapter. They are like 20cents und always useful, especially if you have old hardware
Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
So now we need to buy dongles for something that should be standard on a computer?
Next thing we’ll need a dongle for the power button, because Apple decided that shouting “POWER ON APPLE” is the better way to turn on a laptop.
Scipitie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
No - but you can get a A to C adapter if you expect that you’ll bring it to someone who might only have USB C.
And from my perspective: if I expect other to being me data id expect from myself to bring such an adapter. That way I’d both parties try to remember chances are one of them have. :)
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
It’s not normal to expect someone to not have USB-A on a computer though.
ahornsirup@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
No? Just get an adapter?
SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
USB-A to USB-C adapter. They’re inexpensive, and you don’t have to get one for each of the 30 flash drives you have.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
If it’s just for documents I may still have single digit GB memory sticks somewhere that are more than enough space.
BorgDrone@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
Who the hell still uses flash drives in 2026? Especially a slow-ass USB-A one. I can’t think of a single use-case for them.
luluberlue@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
I’ll just laugh at you with my 256GB “slow” USB 3 flash drive if you ever need any boot utility like memtest or gparted then.
Who use those? Well simply people who actualy maintain computers.
ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
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farmgineer@nord.pub 2 weeks ago
my home computer has no USB-C and I can’t afford to upgrade because gestures broadly.
msage@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
You can buy a dongle or hub very cheaply.
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
First day of the COVID confinement I plugged in a cheap usb c/a dongle into my work laptop to use my mouse and instantly fried the mobo.
Just saying eh 😁
farmgineer@nord.pub 2 weeks ago
I have a USB-C hub with USB-A ports that plugs into my work PC. I had a hard time trying to find the opposite, though I haven’t looked in ages; it honestly has come up exactly once in the last few years when I needed to borrow my wife’s sd card reader (or dig my old laptop out of the closet and play the updates game).
Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Both USB-C and USB-A have their pros and cons.
USB-C has a lot more bandwidth and power draw.
USB-A is sturdier and cheaper.
For things like a mouse or keyboard, having more bandwidth or power draw are useless, but being cheaper and sturdier are not.
One can not replace the other entirely. Apple just wants to milk everyone by forcing them to buy all their peripherals again.
mech@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
I now want a smartphone with 3 USB-A ports.
teslekova@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Horizontal.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I think the only holdouts are Raspberry Pi. For some reason they still don’t have a USB-C option for the nano