Comment on Anon is incompatible

• 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.

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  • fartsparkles@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Anything older than 5 years ago has the odds of being A, B, Mini A, Mini B, Micro A, Micro B, etc.

    C is the standard. If you need legacy support, there’s hubs and adapters. No need to perpetuate legacy ports. I’d love a serial and a parallel connector - there’s plenty of modern industrial gear still using them. But we do that with C -> Serial adapters.

    A device has a limited number of ports. Would one rather two USB-C, or one A and one C?

    That A port will have diminishing value if one intends to use the device for 5 to 10 years and increases the probability someone discards the device early given the limited number of modern, high value ports.

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    • LwL@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I don’t have a single peripheral that uses USB-C. I have a lot of USB-A and some micro-USB.

      My phone is USB-C and that’s about it. Given that my 2 year old PC case has 8 USB-A connectors and 1 USB-C connector, I’d also wager keyboards and mice won’t stop being USB-A anytime soon. There’s just no reason for them to be anything else.

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  • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Furthermore I shouldn’t have to get rid of an old A device that still works just because they remove the ports. I don’t care how old it is let me use my external CD drive with the USB-A to Mini-USB (yes mini lmao.) Wish I still had an optical disk drive tbh.

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  • ieGod@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    For progress to happen you have to move on eventually. Hubs are a decent compromise.

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• RamenJunkie@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  People do. Ot replace accessories and specialized external hardware nearly as often as companies think they do.

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  • Unstoppable_Flop@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    How dare you not run out and buy a brand new, well, EVERYTHING every single year! Do you want the communists to win?

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    • RamenJunkie@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Considering I called myself a Communist in the 90s…

      Granted I have become more conservative with age and lean more Socialist/Democratic Socialist these days.

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• captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  And my 5 year old motherboard doesn’t have it.

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