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We’re talking about a standard that was invented primarily for laptops. That is, it was invented to replace the wide variety of single purpose ports with a few
by chongli 6y ago
We’re talking about a standard that was invented primarily for laptops. That is, it was invented to replace the wide variety of single purpose ports with a few universal ones. Keying the connectors defeats that purpose since you now need different ports again.
I know people love to complain endlessly about Apple taking away all of the single purpose ports on MacBooks and replacing them with USB-C. The problem the article is describing is a problem of counterfeit and mislabeled or unlabeled cables as well as improperly designed devices. For most users this isn't a problem and the ability to charge the laptop and plug in any device in any port is very convenient.
- Beldin 6y agoIn theory, that would be convenient. In practice, you get stuff like this: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/363337/how-to-find-cause-of-high-kernel-task-cpu-usage/363933 https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/363337/how-to-find... TL;DR: if your mac has high cpu load, try using the other side port for charging. Note that this is irrespective of the mess the article talks about, which just exacerbates the problem. In USB-C land, some (Endpoint-to-endpoint) connections are definitely a lot more equal than others.