Alphane MoonM to HardwareEnglish • 2 days agoUK to consider USB-C as charging standardwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square10arrow-up152arrow-down10
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minus-squareAlphane MoonOPMlinkEnglish18•2 days agoThe whole discussion seems a bit pointless, what else other than USB-C would one use?
minus-squareKushanlinkEnglish3•1 day agoI’ve seen a few comments on the BBC suggesting that this will stifle innovation because “a better cable could be designed”, but given USB-C supports alt modes, this seems like a daft argument to me.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink13•2 days agoGood old proper steam powered crumpet fueled stiff upper lip ingenuity of course. Britain rules the waves!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•2 days agoI say we bring back barrel Jacks for all devices. None of this transferring data and power nonsense.
minus-square@mipadaitulinkEnglish2•2 days agoThe problem is that without any data line, you can’t negotiate voltage, which makes a single standard for all devices difficult.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 day agoTbf you can relatively easily transmit power and data on the same conductor
The whole discussion seems a bit pointless, what else other than USB-C would one use?
I’ve seen a few comments on the BBC suggesting that this will stifle innovation because “a better cable could be designed”, but given USB-C supports alt modes, this seems like a daft argument to me.
Good old proper steam powered crumpet fueled stiff upper lip ingenuity of course.
Britain rules the waves!
I say we bring back barrel Jacks for all devices. None of this transferring data and power nonsense.
The problem is that without any data line, you can’t negotiate voltage, which makes a single standard for all devices difficult.
Tbf you can relatively easily transmit power and data on the same conductor
If apple had their way I bet it would be lightning.