Comment on Anon is incompatible

• Turret3857@infosec.pub ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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  • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    “SO YOU HATE WAFFLES?”

    “That’s a whole new sentence. Wtf is you talkin about?”

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• Juviz@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Bro, just get an A-C Adapter. They are like 20cents und always useful, especially if you have old hardware

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  • Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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    • ddplf@szmer.info ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Stop whining so much, there’s nothing wrong with USB-C slowly replacing USB-A and becoming a new standard.

      We’d never be rid of VGA if we were listening to the ever nagging old dorks that can’t get themselves an adapter.

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      • Juviz@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Thank you, I was just about to write a lengthy paragraph about serial ports being the only standard ever needed 😅

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• Scipitie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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. :)

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  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s not normal to expect someone to not have USB-A on a computer though.

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    • Opisek@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Is it not normal to expect someone to not have serial on their computer?

      Standards change.

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      • Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        USB-A is still widely used, serial is not.

        Apple is forcing standards when there is no need, … again

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    • SlacksMcTavish@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I don’t like it either, but in 2026 on laptops at least it is normal.

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• ahornsirup@feddit.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  No? Just get an adapter?

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• SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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• Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  If it’s just for documents I may still have single digit GB memory sticks somewhere that are more than enough space.

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• BorgDrone@feddit.nl ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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  • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Me. Linux distros (either install media or straight live boot disks like Tails), moving files larger than like fucking 2gb without relying on spyware or self hosting a cloud service, redundant backups of your most important files, rescue disks, and MORE! Only $16.99 for a limited time while supplies last see comment for details.

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    • BorgDrone@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Linux distros (either install media or straight live boot disks like Tails)

      What’s the advantage of using a slow USB drive instead of just network-booting the install media or mounting it through IPMI?

      moving files larger than like fucking 2gb without relying on spyware or self hosting a cloud service

      Just send the data between machines using SCP, much easier and faster.

      redundant backups of your most important files

      Backups you do either to a NAS or to a Thunderbolt-connected SSD, not a USB-A drive. Again, much too slow to use a USB drive.

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      • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨16⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

        I don’t have internet spawning from my ass, so it works better in non-connected environments.

        More importantly I have no fucking clue what any of that means, but I can plug rectangle into rectangle hole. And absolutely 0 “how to install linux” tuts come with your set-up, so I’m gonna guess most new people don’t know how to either. “Do network magic because some dickhead wants to remove all ports” isn’t going to be a selling point for them.

        Can I SCP my dad the pictures of my vacation from 3 states away? Maybe. Would he prefer I mail him a “zip drive?” Yes. Not everyone on earth is a 1337 H4x0r like yourself there zero cool.

        You really need your monthly 3rd redundant backup of your .kdbx file to be lightning fast? I can wait the .03 seconds it takes to transfer I’m not in as much of a hurry as you.

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      • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

        What’s the advantage of using a slow USB drive instead of just network-booting the install media or mounting it through IPMI?

        Why spend 30 minutes setting up the networking when I could just plug in the USB and go do something else for 5 minutes?

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