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USB-C is not gender-less, it just allows to connect it when flipped

• gwbas1c 4y ago
  It's turning into a universal power cable, and either end can send or receive power. That's genderless.
  • vel0city 4y ago
    The gender of a cable isn't the thing which determines the flow, that's only convention after. The fact a USB-C cable with a male tip can either be a source or a load isn't a statement about its gender. A genderless cable allows any cable to also double as an extension cable of the same type. I can't take a USB-C to USB-C male-to-male cable and use it as an extension with another USB-C male-to-male cable. I can't take a USB-C female device and directly connect it to a USB-C female device without getting some male-male cable. The gender of the cable matters, and without properly getting the right gender of cable and port I cannot connect things together. See the Anderson Powerpole connector.[0] It is an example of a genderless connector. Any cable can double as an extension cable. The connectors are entirely fungible, there is no concept of a male or female connector. USB-C is not genderless. That term has a specific meaning, and USB-C does not meet it. [0] https://www.andersonpower.com/us/en/resources/PowerPoleResourcesPage.html https://www.andersonpower.com/us/en/resources/PowerPoleResou...