WORM MOTHERevery single time someone says "USB-C is the worst connector ever" this is the first thing I immediately think of
Jiří Fiala Total Landscaping@AgathaSorceress but you had a chance to know what which cable does. You can't divine that from looking at a USB-C cable. Is it USB-C? Is it Thunderbolt? Does it carry power? How much? Data? Both? At what speed?
Karl Baron@stooovie @AgathaSorceress 99% of users are fine with the standard 60W/USB2.0 cables that come with even crappy cheap Chinese USB gadgets like fans
The one high-powered laptop charging cable or thunderbolt dock cable you have will live in your laptop bag or on your desk anyway
Pro users who need lots of thunderbolt cables will want to label all their stuff anyway
The problem is way overblown
@kalleboo @AgathaSorceress if only I knew this when I wasted time and money getting the proper cable for my display! LG doesn't bother stating that you need a 10Gbps cable, and unless you are a super nerd that somehow knows what resolution requires what bandwidth, you're simply left in the dark with seemingly identical cables. Don't be complacent, the situation is a mess.
@stooovie @AgathaSorceress Obviously there’s lots of room for improvement - they need to standardize and mandate speed icons on cables, and there are no excuses for bad documentation.
But it’s still strictly better than everything that came before it. I’ve been through the ages of serial, scsi, FireWire, Sony Ericsson FastPort, Nokia PopPort, Apple 30 pin. the 500 other variants of usb, DVI-A, DVI-D, DVI dual link, all of HDMIs versions, etc etc etc etc