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The problem is that nobody will be willing to invest in the research and development needed to do so. It's a chicken and an egg problem.

• smoldesu 3y ago
  Good. I don't want a company to create and monopolize some arbitrary improvement over the current technology. I want those developments to be forced into standardization to compete, and offer backwards-compatibility just like USB does. And plus... it's a serial cable. The demand for "research and development" has remained the same since they figured out how to flatten the type B connector. You can't fool anybody by releasing a 'new and improved' cable or connector that is just the same serial bus with proprietary mumbo-jumbo on top.
  • scarface_74 3y ago
    > Good. I don't want a company to create and monopolize some arbitrary improvement over the current technology. And this sums up the issue perfectly. “I don’t want improvements. I want design by committee least common denominator”
    • smoldesu 3y ago
      When it comes to charging and serial standards which have not meaningfully evolved in over a decade... yeah. It would be kinda nice to trade marginal improvement for compatibility and stability. The USB-C connector is not limiting smartphone data or charging speeds anyways.
      • scarface_74 3y ago
        And no one will ever need more than 640K of memory…
        • smoldesu 3y ago
          I'm happy to wait for the first iPhone that needs to exceed 60w of charging and Thunderbolt 4 speeds.