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Multiply that by millions of people and 10s of millions of devices and it is a pretty big deal. How is advocating for a standard so that every purchase wasn’t a
by 542354234235 6y ago
Multiply that by millions of people and 10s of millions of devices and it is a pretty big deal. How is advocating for a standard so that every purchase wasn’t a crap shoot a bad thing? Having to sort through reviews just to attempt to determine basic functionality is ridiculous. I don’t read reviews to find out of a table lamp will plug into the wall because the basic standard of delivery power over a power cable is a given because of a set standard.
- shadowgovt 6y agoIt took quite a long time to get to where you could assume an arbitrary table lamp plugged into an arbitrary wall socket would work.
- 542354234235 6y agoYes, because people worked on implementing a standard, and we are all better for it.
- 7786655 6y agoUSB C would be as if we could already plug arbitrary lamps into arbitrary sockets, but then someone decided the same socket that powers lamps should also be able to refuel a car and now you have to plug and pray with five different cables before your lamp will work. Also if you use the wrong one it will spray gas all over your lamp and catch fire.
- shadowgovt 6y agoSpraying gas and catching fire is precisely what it won't do. The spec is conservative about capabilities; assuming devices aren't out-and-out lying about physical capacity (which is out-of-spec), it's designed to err on the side of safe conservatism. If you plug the lamp into the gas hose plug, it just won't turn on.