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Idiot proofing is part of what makes a good spec good.

• ssl-3 5mo ago
  The spec is good. Spec-compliant devices tolerate idiot users extremely well. The implementers of the spec are sometimes errant nimrods, though. Errant nimrods can bring a bad time to any party they decide to be involved in. This can be particularly problematic when they're weaponized by having their own manufacturing divisions. (And that's not new: Errant nimrods have been in charge of manufacturing fucked up devices for as long as we've had devices for them to fuck up. Probably centuries, by now; maybe longer.)
  • tardedmeme 5mo ago
    Implementers and end users are both customers of the spec.
    • ssl-3 5mo ago
      Sure. But only one of these groups is responsible for supplying actual-fucking-hardware to the group that simply uses it. And sometimes, that group consists of errant fucking nimrods.
    • izacus 5mo ago
      I see a lot of complaining and very little proposed alternatives. What do you propose USB-C standard should have done?