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> Mandate that every port and cable is labelled with those two numbers and any associated icons. That's the crux. Your first two points already exist, but no o
by danhor 4y ago
> Mandate that every port and cable is labelled with those two numbers and any associated icons.
That's the crux. Your first two points already exist, but no one is required to use them, so no one does.
The only way to mandate this is making USB a standard not open as-is (ideally patent-protected). But that is the reason USB succeeded and changing this isn't a good idea.
- monocasa 4y ago'USB' is already a trademark, and could be used to force the issue.
- orthoxerox 4y agoHave fun buying "C-type computer cable with high speed and power" on Amazon from TREWLOKIJ, Shenzhen.
- CharlesW 4y agoAs an alternative to making it a de jure standard, couldn’t correct labeling just be a requirement for licensing the trademark?