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Originally Posted by mdp
I always supposed so on the basis of "little gain to have a revolution", but I have managed not to have a single device with the "C". So, happily, no experience. Would you care to substantiate with a little info about what makes it a "disaster"? To be sure there are no further sinister details I may have missed.
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You might want to check this article from a few years back. It's from the Verge, Feb.3 ,2012:
A Google engineer sacrificed his Chromebook Pixel to test USB-C cables. After that, Benson Leung compiled lists of cables that were good and cables that were not which was kept for a few years.
Basically, there were cables out there that were not even close to the USB-C specification, cables that reversed the V+/V- connections, you think of all the ways someone could screw up a cable and someone had done it and probably a few you would never think of. The screwups were more popular with USB-C to USB-microA or similar adapter cables but there were enough USB-C- to USB-C cables that were hooped.
The situation is better today but the usual warnings to buy from reputable manufacturers, check the reviews, etc. all apply.
I have several devices with USB-C connections and so far I've managed to add 6 USB-C cables without any issues. I have had issues with my laptop's Thunderbolt 3 port where cables that were sold as Thunderbolt 3 were just not able to handle 40GBps though part of that is my fault for trying to purchase a lower cost passive 2M Thunderbolt cable. I finally spent the money for a quality cable and it works well enough.