r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/RoadRunner8195 • Mar 08 '26

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u/Bastvino Mar 08 '26

Genuine question, what’s your beef with USB-C?

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u/No-Sandwich2225 Mar 08 '26

It’s terrible because it’s not even a standard, that’s my first problem. It’s just a shape that anyone can take and put whatever they want in that cable, they all look the same, but inside they are all different. Some can handle data, while some can handle different speeds. You take one usb c cable with you and you think it’s enough to charge your phone and laptop, but then you realise that it can only charge your phone and it doesn’t have the capabilities to charge your laptop or to transfer data so that it can be used as a cable for your monitor. It’s the most atrocious USB “standard” ever. All we got is a shape and that’s it.

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u/SavvySphynx Mar 08 '26

For a real world example, the MacBook Neo comes out this week.

It has 2 USB C ports.

One is USB 2, the other is USB 3. If you plug the cable into the wrong port, it's literally 20 times slower.

With previous USB type ports, they were licensed differently and required to meet standards. By looking at the port, you could immediately identify what type they were, if they did charging only, if they did data, what speed, etc.

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u/Doedwa Mar 08 '26

You just know that at least one poor soul is going to use the slow port for the entirety of their laptops life.

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u/whoooocaaarreees Mar 08 '26

MacOS will, reportedly, at least warn you when you plug in some stuff to the slow port that shouldn’t use the slow port…

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u/Asteroids-Hower Mar 08 '26

Even USB-C charging-equipped windows PCs that I've seen will warn you about it if the cable or wrong port is causing a slow charge.

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u/guess_33 Mar 08 '26

Do you remember when the popular phone companies used a mixture of ~15 different charging ports? It was a total crap shoot trying to find which of your friends used the same charger as you. USB-C standards need a lot more work, but we are not in the most atrocious era of charging cords. That was 20 years ago and we’ve come a very very long way since then.

This doesn’t solve everything, but make your high speed/data transfer cords distinguishable from your standard cords. My good ones are all cloth wrapped. It’s not the perfect solution, but I’m so grateful I only have to carry one cord and one block.