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There’s still no USB-A support, so the dongle book was never truly fixed.
by sumuyuda 2y ago
There’s still no USB-A support, so the dongle book was never truly fixed.
- area51org 2y agoGiven that the industry is trying to retire USB-A for good, this doesn't seem likely.
- bsder 2y agoUSB-A is, in fact, the thing that drove me off of Apple for good. There is a decent minority of people for whom USB-A eventually stops working and requires a reboot to restore. The dongle doesn't matter. The dock doesn't matter. The device doesn't matter. Software updates do not fix it. The thread on it is 40+ pages when Apple closes it and then another 40+ page thread on it reappaears. The problem is an OS problem. I can pinpoint precisely the OS update that caused it. Apple does not care and will not fix it. Fine, I get it. So I left for Linux and never looked back.
- throwaway1105q 2y agoI haven't used USB-A single time since 2018... My USB-C display has it on its hub, but who cares...
- vundercind 2y agoThe vast majority of peripherals available at ordinary stores are still usb-a. If you just run into Target to grab [some peripheral] most or all options in that category will be usb-a.
- throwaway1105q 2y agoYeah but does anybody buy it? In my store the peripherals are covered in dust... And it's some cheap Chinese knockoff, nothing like the old high quality ones.
- vundercind 2y agoYes? My company’s mostly Windows and the peripherals issued are all brand new and are all usb-a. We Mac weirdos have to dongle constantly or not use them. Even the non-Apple major brand Bluetooth wireless earbuds they issue have a usb-a plug on the end of the charging cable for the case.
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- throwaway1105q 2y agoI was scared of getting a Mac for years because of the dongles. Then I got one from work (they even gave me the dongle and I made fun of it) and turns out I never use any of it. And then I realized the USB-A port on my desktop front panel has been broken probably for years and I didn't notice.
- dragcavecheater 2y agoOh, so you just don't use peripherals at all. That is not a very common scenario.
- throwaway1105q 2y agoI do, but it's all wireless. My laptop and desktop both have Bluetooth.
- dragcavecheater 2y agoNot even just to plug in a joke gift? I got a gigantic Escape key once, which connected on a usb-A port. Most of that peripheral stuff still uses it.
- throwaway1105q 2y agoHahaha, that's a cool one. But yeah I never got something like that.
- babypuncher 2y agoI blame perhipheral manufacturers for clinging to USB-A for no reason. It's been 8 years, please let this connector die already.
- luyu_wu 2y agoThe chain of blame can be pushed further. Peripheral manufacturers laergely targrt desktop users, of which almost no motherboards support USB-C.
- babypuncher 2y agoIt's a chicken and egg scenario. Motherboard manufacturers load up their I/O panels with USB A ports because people demand them. People demand them because all their perhipherals, like the dongle for their wireless mouse, are USB-A. Logitech recently released an updated version of my mouse, the G Pro Superlight 2, and the damn thing still ships with a USB-A dongle. With how many ports modern motherboards often ship with, I would think they could at least split the difference and give me 1/2 USB-C and 1/2 USB-A. but nope, my 2 year old motherboard only has 1 USB-C port on the back and a dozen USB-A. Then at least we would have a path forward.