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Almost all modern chargers utilize USB-C female, at least from the major brands (Anker, Ugreen etc.) Almost all cables have either USB-C male to USB-C male, or

Almost all modern chargers utilize USB-C female, at least from the major brands (Anker, Ugreen etc.) Almost all cables have either USB-C male to USB-C male, or USB-C male to something else.

Nursie 4y ago
Yet I have a variety of usb-c chargers which are not like this, that have a male end only. They are for phones for laptops, for my Switch, for a variety of things.
- crazygringo 4y ago
  Can you post a link to any of those products? A USB charger that is male would be so unusual, I can't even imagine what it would physically look like.
  - Nursie 4y ago
    Do you have a nintendo switch? The one that comes with it is like that - https://store.nintendo.com.au/au/nintendo-switch-ac-adapter.html https://store.nintendo.com.au/au/nintendo-switch-ac-adapter.... See also Lenovo laptop chargers - https://www.lenovo.com/au/en/p/accessories-and-software/chargers-and-batteries/chargers/4x20m26280 https://www.lenovo.com/au/en/p/accessories-and-software/char... I have a bunch of things like this around the house. I'm not trying to deny the existence of usb-c female power adapters, but IMHO they are a more recent phenomenon than usb-a female power adapters, and the male-ended usb-c power adapters that ship with many devices. I'm not trying to justify whatever's going on in Brazil, but usb-c female to lightning or usb-a male to lightning would be generally easier to accomodate, for me. I also have (for instance) usb-a female sockets in the car.
    - crazygringo 4y ago
      Oh, I see what you mean now. Those are chargers that have an integrated cable that of course ends in male. I really didn't know those still existed. It seems like such atrocious design -- the vast, vast majority of consumer electronics has moved to separating the charger and cable when using USB, precisely so you can reuse chargers and replace worn cables. I'm pretty shocked Nintendo and Lenovo are so backwards on this. Is there really a significant cost savings or something for them? It's so user-hostile.
      - ars 4y ago
        I have a charger like that, I bought it when USB C cables were extremely expensive. So buying a charger with an integrated cable saved me a lot of money.
      - Nursie 4y ago
        I do have a lot of chargers with the female port right on them, but they’re all A ports
      - dathinab 4y ago
        Both Lenovo and Nintendo did that initially because in the relatively early days of USB-C there had been quite a bunch of incorrectly produced USB-C cables on Amazone which kill your device. Through it is without question pretty user hostile that they haven't updated their design wrt. this aspect in recent years.

Almost all modern chargers utilize USB-C female, at least from the major brands (Anker, Ugreen etc.) Almost all cables have either USB-C male to USB-C male, or USB-C male to something else.

Nursie 4y ago

Yet I have a variety of usb-c chargers which are not like this, that have a male end only. They are for phones for laptops, for my Switch, for a variety of things.

crazygringo 4y ago
Can you post a link to any of those products? A USB charger that is male would be so unusual, I can't even imagine what it would physically look like.
- Nursie 4y ago
  Do you have a nintendo switch? The one that comes with it is like that - https://store.nintendo.com.au/au/nintendo-switch-ac-adapter.html https://store.nintendo.com.au/au/nintendo-switch-ac-adapter.... See also Lenovo laptop chargers - https://www.lenovo.com/au/en/p/accessories-and-software/chargers-and-batteries/chargers/4x20m26280 https://www.lenovo.com/au/en/p/accessories-and-software/char... I have a bunch of things like this around the house. I'm not trying to deny the existence of usb-c female power adapters, but IMHO they are a more recent phenomenon than usb-a female power adapters, and the male-ended usb-c power adapters that ship with many devices. I'm not trying to justify whatever's going on in Brazil, but usb-c female to lightning or usb-a male to lightning would be generally easier to accomodate, for me. I also have (for instance) usb-a female sockets in the car.
  - crazygringo 4y ago
    Oh, I see what you mean now. Those are chargers that have an integrated cable that of course ends in male. I really didn't know those still existed. It seems like such atrocious design -- the vast, vast majority of consumer electronics has moved to separating the charger and cable when using USB, precisely so you can reuse chargers and replace worn cables. I'm pretty shocked Nintendo and Lenovo are so backwards on this. Is there really a significant cost savings or something for them? It's so user-hostile.
    - ars 4y ago
      I have a charger like that, I bought it when USB C cables were extremely expensive. So buying a charger with an integrated cable saved me a lot of money.
    - Nursie 4y ago
      I do have a lot of chargers with the female port right on them, but they’re all A ports
    - dathinab 4y ago
      Both Lenovo and Nintendo did that initially because in the relatively early days of USB-C there had been quite a bunch of incorrectly produced USB-C cables on Amazone which kill your device. Through it is without question pretty user hostile that they haven't updated their design wrt. this aspect in recent years.