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No in my view. USB should be USB. That rectangle thing you poke into a port somewhere. Not just on chargers, motherboards or literally aircraft and cars. If it
by Bellend 4y ago
No in my view. USB should be USB. That rectangle thing you poke into a port somewhere. Not just on chargers, motherboards or literally aircraft and cars.
If it's not that. Call it something else. LEET, PHAT, BIGPORT.
I really don't understand. Universal Serial Bus... in 10 different formats make's it no longer universal.
- layer8 4y agoUSB should be retronymed to Unpredictable Serial Bus.
- cududa 4y agoHonestly I'd prefer that! Have fried two devices using the wrong damn cable/ charger. Sure the device should have had better power IC's etc to prevent anything from happening when I plugged in the wrong one, but still, they all look the damn same!
- jefftk 4y agoUSB does mean that already! If you have two spec-compliant devices, connecting them with a USB cable should never cause one to get fried.
- cududa 4y agoBut that's not how it actually goes. Many devices aren't actually spec compliant
- notatoad 4y agothat's pretty much not true anymore. the wild west after USB-C first came out is over, testers are available enough and sketchy vendors get shamed loudly enough that unless you're buying cables at unreasonably dodgy stores, you're going to get something spec-compliant.
- 29083011397778 4y agoSnap-On still sells (along with many others) flashlights that charge via USB-C... only when using an A-C cable. Just as long as we're shaming non-compliant vendors.
- jefftk 4y agoThis isn't an example of someone still selling a device that either fries others or gets fried, though, right?
- NavinF 4y ago> fried two devices using the wrong damn cable/ charger Doubt the USB-IF can do anything about that. Those chargers either don't use the USB logo or use it illegally without passing compliance testing. Don't buy from those sellers.