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Won't you still need rare cables in case you need them (idk, a usb-b cable for instance...), and couldn't you already throw away whatever cable you wanted and b

Won't you still need rare cables in case you need them (idk, a usb-b cable for instance...), and couldn't you already throw away whatever cable you wanted and buy some more as it pleases you ? What I mean is, the previous situation also little issues if you were willing to throw money at it, as you seem to be doing now. Even as beard shavers and display monitors have come to support USB-C, I still don't see how people can get rid of their A->C cables, or not keep around lower standard 3m long cables because thunderbolts ones aren't sold in these length, or still need a cable for their camera etc.

xaduha 5y ago
Replace throwing away with putting in box if you like. There's less need for those cables, because there are fewer devices that need them. But you gotta work on that, I also have a bunch those magnetic cables, so it's either USB-C or device with a magnetic adapter plugged into it with a cable.
johnwalkr 5y ago
I switched to usb-c as much as I could. I recently travelled for a month with all my battery-powered work and personal stuff (2 MacBooks (one Intel and one M1), 2 iPhones, Nintendo Switch, game controller, mouse (that one is micro usb), headphones and shaver). I brought only the following as a trial: 1 Anker 45W GaN charger[1], 1 30cm usb-c lightning cable, 1 1m usb-c cable, 1 usb-A to C adapter, 1 usb-C to A adapter which went unused, and 1 usb-c to micro adapter. It went better than I expected. Sometimes I used the A-C adapter to trickle charge stuff in the hotel when I was out, taking my own charger with me for the day, and other than that just rotating what I was charging. The 45W charger is not much bigger than an OG iPhone charger and had no problem with my 16” MacBook. The difference in charging time to the Apple 87W charger wasn’t noticed. One bonus I did not anticipate. You know how some cheap devices have usb-c charging that only seems to work with a USB-A to C cable? The adapters I mentioned can work around that. One thing want to do but not tried yet is convert a few micro-usb things to usb-c. You can get convenient little breakout boards for it on Aliexpress. [1] https://us.anker.com/products/a2664111 https://us.anker.com/products/a2664111
- makeitdouble 5y ago
  I have a similar packaging when traveling, except with two chargers instead of one (macbook’s fast charger and one for the rest of the divices). For comparison, before USB-C I needed the Macbook magsafe charger, two USB-A to lightning cables and a 4 or 5 USB-A to micro USB cables for the appliances. When the Switch arrived it shared the USB-C charger of the 16” macbook when traveling. Basically I feel the type of cables changed but I am not traveling much lighter not has it become that easier on managing stuff. I still think USB-C is fine, better than micro USB on so many respects, I just don’t feel the revolutionary aspect yet. Perhaps we’ll be there in 5 years? If we din’t end up with new fragmentation on the wireless charging part.

xaduha 5y ago

Replace throwing away with putting in box if you like. There's less need for those cables, because there are fewer devices that need them. But you gotta work on that, I also have a bunch those magnetic cables, so it's either USB-C or device with a magnetic adapter plugged into it with a cable.

johnwalkr 5y ago

I switched to usb-c as much as I could. I recently travelled for a month with all my battery-powered work and personal stuff (2 MacBooks (one Intel and one M1), 2 iPhones, Nintendo Switch, game controller, mouse (that one is micro usb), headphones and shaver). I brought only the following as a trial: 1 Anker 45W GaN charger[1], 1 30cm usb-c lightning cable, 1 1m usb-c cable, 1 usb-A to C adapter, 1 usb-C to A adapter which went unused, and 1 usb-c to micro adapter. It went better than I expected. Sometimes I used the A-C adapter to trickle charge stuff in the hotel when I was out, taking my own charger with me for the day, and other than that just rotating what I was charging. The 45W charger is not much bigger than an OG iPhone charger and had no problem with my 16” MacBook. The difference in charging time to the Apple 87W charger wasn’t noticed. One bonus I did not anticipate. You know how some cheap devices have usb-c charging that only seems to work with a USB-A to C cable? The adapters I mentioned can work around that. One thing want to do but not tried yet is convert a few micro-usb things to usb-c. You can get convenient little breakout boards for it on Aliexpress. [1] https://us.anker.com/products/a2664111 https://us.anker.com/products/a2664111

makeitdouble 5y ago
I have a similar packaging when traveling, except with two chargers instead of one (macbook’s fast charger and one for the rest of the divices). For comparison, before USB-C I needed the Macbook magsafe charger, two USB-A to lightning cables and a 4 or 5 USB-A to micro USB cables for the appliances. When the Switch arrived it shared the USB-C charger of the 16” macbook when traveling. Basically I feel the type of cables changed but I am not traveling much lighter not has it become that easier on managing stuff. I still think USB-C is fine, better than micro USB on so many respects, I just don’t feel the revolutionary aspect yet. Perhaps we’ll be there in 5 years? If we din’t end up with new fragmentation on the wireless charging part.