To prevent people creating loops where they plug a device with two female USB-A ports into itself, or plugging two different devices with USB-A female ports int

To prevent people creating loops where they plug a device with two female USB-A ports into itself, or plugging two different devices with USB-A female ports into each other. (Which is liable to damage one or both of the devices.) There’s an electronics.stackexchange post on it which also covers why male USB-C to male USB-C cables are a thing: https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/444283/why-is-usb-type-a-to-usb-type-a-never-used https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/444283/why-i...