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Old 06-18-2025, 06:38 PM   #3908
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Originally Posted by Solitaire1 View Post
Why does the situation with USB-C have to be so confusing? I thought that USB-C was supposed to simplify things by having just one universal connector that everything would use and would be compatible with every device (take a cable with a USB-C connector, plug it in to a device, and it will work). Unfortunately, the reality is far different. It seems like the only way to ensure that a cable with a USB-C connector will work with a device is to use the specific cord that was supplied with the device. To me, that isn't much different than having a specific proprietary cord that you have to use with a specific device.
Or you can have the fun of plugging a charger with a USB C connector into your device and destroying it. One friend of mine did this when he used his phone's proprietary fast charger without realizing that it did not implement the USB Power Delivery Protocol handshaking so his trusting device got fed ~20V. Sadly the magic smoke that makes electronics work escaped.
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