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Well, cables in question are mostly backwards-compatible, so as long as it would actually transition forward, the prospect of using a single ultimative cable wi

by krick 7y ago

Well, cables in question are mostly backwards-compatible, so as long as it would actually transition forward, the prospect of using a single ultimative cable with any device with identical ports seems actually nice. The problem is not that USB-C is a bad standard trying to combine too much in a single port, the problem is that there are multiple different cables absolutely identical from the outside at one time on the market and not only they are not color-coded (as it was with USB3 long time ago) to be distinguishable, manufacturers don't even bother to write on the box what exactly standard/generation this is. That is, even when you specifically buy a cable in a box, not even to mention situations when some piece of wire came to you with a phone or whatever.

Mirioron 7y ago
It only seems like a nice idea if you don't care about efficiency. If your tool can do all the things then it's going to be a very expensive tool (or will suck) compared to something that's specialized.
- krick 7y ago
  I might believe you that USB (or Thunderbolt) is imperfect both to transmit video to my display and to charge my phone, but the thing is, it does it well enough, and even if using some special charger will give me twice the speed, I honestly don't care, the life quality that simplicity of using 1 cable gives me far outweighs the hypothetical efficiency advantage of 10 specialized cables. The only case when I can consider a dedicated output on a consumer-grade hardware is when the signal is fundamentally analog. Otherwise, why should I even care, if both the bandwidth and latency are mostly fine and voltage is ok to power up my device?
  - Mirioron 7y ago
    But it's not one cable, unless you pay $30-$50 for that single cable. That cable will also be very limited in length. If you want something that is longer or cheaper then you're going to have to get multiple cables.

by krick 7y ago

Mirioron 7y ago

It only seems like a nice idea if you don't care about efficiency. If your tool can do all the things then it's going to be a very expensive tool (or will suck) compared to something that's specialized.

krick 7y ago
I might believe you that USB (or Thunderbolt) is imperfect both to transmit video to my display and to charge my phone, but the thing is, it does it well enough, and even if using some special charger will give me twice the speed, I honestly don't care, the life quality that simplicity of using 1 cable gives me far outweighs the hypothetical efficiency advantage of 10 specialized cables. The only case when I can consider a dedicated output on a consumer-grade hardware is when the signal is fundamentally analog. Otherwise, why should I even care, if both the bandwidth and latency are mostly fine and voltage is ok to power up my device?
- Mirioron 7y ago
  But it's not one cable, unless you pay $30-$50 for that single cable. That cable will also be very limited in length. If you want something that is longer or cheaper then you're going to have to get multiple cables.