On the plus side, no USB-A quantum mechanics.
I thought it was a 4th dimension thing?
lies, sometimes I still need to flip usb-c to get it in. there’s still a hidden dimension there, it’s just better hidden than before
Gotta love troubleshooting your data connection before you realize you grabbed a power only cable.
Such things should not be allowed to exist.
No, there’s a good reason for them to exist, but they should be marked as such.
What’s the reason? A slightly cheaper cable where data isn’t needed?
Eliminates a malicious threat vector. Gives you piece of mind to charge your devices without worry that what you connect to is going to interact with your device.
*Peace of mind
I’ll give you a piece of my mind.
Just kidding. Thanks for the correction
Your funny 🙂
You finally described a reason for these otherwise frustrating cables to exist! Though I like the other suggested method better, a charge-only adapter that you apply to the end of a full featured cable.
it’s also safer when wanting to charge from untrusted chargers, though you can still get an adapter to block the data pins or just bring your own wall charger/battery when traveling
I think power only cables should exist because they are significantly cheaper, but they should have some kind of marking to differentiate them enforced by the standard
They are afaik not allowed to exist with USB C. And except for some very few very sketchy manufacturers, it’s also luckily not a thing in practice.
It’s not the cables that are the issue, it’s the manufacturer that don’t design their products to USB C specification so they don’t charge via C to C cable like it should.
see https://learn.adafruit.com/understanding-usb-type-c-cable-types-pitfalls-and-more/cable-types-and-differences for all the various things the cable alone can support
what devices can support is definitely an issue too though.
I understand that, but I’ve had USB C devices for almost a decade. I only buy full featured cables so it hasn’t been an issue, at least for me. Any time a device comes with a cable it goes into the trash.
So you see the issue and have a workaround. Good! But that doesn’t mean that, as you said, “it’s not the cables that are the issue.” Why throw them away if they’re not an issue?
I don’t need 36 cables that I’ll never use. I have a charger and cable in my living room, kitchen, bedroom, office, basement, and car. Those cables will charge almost every electronic device I own, 8 of them currently within eyesight.
At least donate them.
But then someone else will end up with these bunk cables. They really should have demanded mandatory identification on the cable ends.
The cables can also be an issue though.
I just buy Anker for everything and as a result most of my cables do what I expect them to.
I love baseus.
Nah, pretty sure this one’s usb2.0 just by looking at it
It does look kinda sketchy for a full 3.0+ data cable. Could be one of those stupid charging only cables.
dang theres a batman beyond meme format going around?
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Anything that brain of yours can think of can be found
We’ve got mountains of content, some better some worse
It’s just cable
No, it’s Batman.
Either it’s usb to wall or usbc to usbc with all the features. I don’t own anything else out of pure fear.
Do you throw away all your cables when new features are added?
Only when you start to own a device that uses one of those new features?
The latter.
I have 2 types of cables. USB 2.0 100w PD capable cables and USB 4 cables.
The USB 4 cables are too heavy to travel with so I have many more USB 2.0 PD cables.
I also have a sprinkling of USB 3.0 compliant A to C cables.
I throw away all the included USB 2.0 A to B to avoid mixups.
The latter. New features don’t matter till I get a new device with them
I’m too lazy to label them. So, I usually keep the PDs connected to the charger and that’s it.
But if it becomes a problem I’ll probably use a wire labeler.
It would be nice if they came labeled from factory, though.
Coloured electrical tape, way cheaper than wire labels if you only have a few to mark.
I honestly have never had this issue with USB-C. A and Micro, absolutely. Mini, every day from like 2004-2007. But never C.
Have I just been buying all the right cables without knowing it?
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This is absolutely not a “US under regulation thing”, that makes no sense. What “regulation” would dictate what a connector carries over its cable? That would be compliance with the spec, and the spec is a connector.
USB-C can carry USB 2.0, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 4.0, PD, DisplayPort, wattages from 5w to 100w & Thunderbolt 4. No one cable would be required to carry all those or all cables would be $50/ft.
Just because you’ve never encountered a USB-C power only cable doesn’t mean they don’t exist in your country. They’re made by the bucketload in China, and you’ll encounter one soon enough.
Modern problem: *exists
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How long can that last? Only a matter Of time before the Gideons start leaving them in hotel rooms and then before you know usb power cables are out and about like an invasive species.
Actually, that leads me to another point:
One upon a time, the concept behind a universal USB-C connector was so we could do exactly that.
Laptop? Phone? Camera? America? Germany? Japan? Power? Connect the to TV? Internet?
Wouldn’t matter anymore. USB-C to cover it all. Voltage high for the laptop, low for the camera, all available just the same in every country, universal. So yes, fill the airports and hotels with them. Use them for power and to play videos on the TV. Because we weren’t supposed to have to question the voltage or abilities of the ports and cables in use.
Did/will that future materialize?
It will never happen.
No one’s gonna buy a $30 cable rated for 100w and 120fps video to charge their phone. They’re gonna buy the $5 one at the gas station that’s only rated for low power charging.
No manufacturer is gonna put the hardware to safely deliver 100w in their phone charger. They’re gonna do the cheaper lower power option, and people already say the ones that do include this functionality are greedy price gougers for charging more than the $5 low power charger at the gas station.
How soon before manufacturers start stripping those high power delivering ports out of laptops because they raise the risk of permanent damage under a failure too high for the market/brand to bear?
It’s no fun to be laughing at the people who all wanted a usbc-only world and are now having to live in it but here we are.
So, every cable can thunderbolt?)
