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AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Hiro8811@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Electricians don’t deal with HDMI or C cables, that’s probably an electronics engineer job or IT

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  • A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    uhlala plugging two USB cables require an electronics engineering degree… /s

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• whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Electricians like in electricity, I guess

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• JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I think everything USB C is stupid. Bring back the A and A to C cables. Do I have to upgrade literally everything to use a laptop normally.

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  • whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s like saying we should go back to USB-b to A because I still have a printer using it, or even a serial port.

    It’s annoying the change I know, but once we’ll just need one type of cable for everything IT related I think it will be for the best

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    • ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      xkcd.com/927/

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  • kamen@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think it’s pretty neat to be able to attach one USB-C/Thunderbolt cable to the laptop and drive 3 external displays, 5-6 USB devices and receive power and networking at the same time. I’m shuddering just trying to think of the mess it would be with separate USB/HDMI/DP cables.

    As for when using the laptop on its own… anything that doesn’t have a native USB C is easy to adapt, but even then there are many devices that are wireless and don’t need a USB at all.

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    • JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Well, I’m not saying the tech is bad, but why not also keep the old ports?

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      • kamen@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        They do keep them for some time. Think of how desktop motherboards still come with PS/2 ports even though 99% of mice and keyboards are USB. And with laptops, many new ones still come with a couple of USB A ports and an RJ-45.

        However, as with everything in tech, some things have to get phased out at some point. From a manufacturer’s standpoint it’s probably 1) cost saving measures and 2) making space for new things (because you can’t keep all the ports that have been there historically).

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