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I am not seeing why a cable performing better than marked/advertised (20 instead of 5) is a problem?

• Spivak 7y ago
  It’s not really a problem but it means that old cables that might be labeled 5G actually are the same as the new cables labeled 20G. It just means that someone who is holding a USB-C cable can’t actually trust the markings printed on the wire to know it’s capabilities — you have to plug it into a computer to find out.
  • irishsultan 7y ago
    You can trust it's label when it says it's capable of 5G (or at least you can as much as you could before USB4). It's possible that it will perform better, but unless you have a use case where it needs to be slow I'm not sure why this erodes trust.
  • diffeomorphism 7y ago
    I can totally trust the cable to give me at least 5gbs. Otherwise this is like complaining that my food does not immediately spoil after the best by date. That is the opposite of a problem.