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> Personally I like that the cables can get better over time Everything I mentioned has been part of the standard fir years. > But this is a charging standard
by scarface74 4y ago
> Personally I like that the cables can get better over time
Everything I mentioned has been part of the standard fir years.
> But this is a charging standard and for charging all cables are the same for the vast majority of devices
The purported goal is to “prevent ewaste”. How does it prevent ewaste if you still can’t depend on the cords working the way they should?
> All the stuff that might break because I don't have high speed data is no worse than lightning which never has high speed data*.
Is that the bar we set now? It’s no better than what came before?
- Dylan16807 4y ago> The purported goal is to “prevent ewaste”. How does it prevent ewaste if you still can’t depend on the cords working the way they should? For charging, it's fine. > Is that the bar we set now? It’s no better than what came before? A charging standard shouldn't care about data except to avoid getting in the way, and it probably shouldn't mandate more expensive cables for devices that don't have data. Also USB C supports more power than lightning. But to directly answer: That bar is just fine, because the point is the make everyone use the same thing. It doesn't need to be better, it needs to be good and everyone the same.
- scarface74 4y ago> because the point is the make everyone use the same thing That’s kind of the point. Just because it has the same connector it’s not the “same thing”.