There is a reason for USB-C extensions not to be part of the standard. They can be bothersome in the best case and dangerous in the worst.
There is a reason for USB-C extensions not to be part of the standard. They can be bothersome in the best case and dangerous in the worst.
$90 for a cable and it’s not even braided is wild to me.
I prefer not braided. Both for cables and hair. More of a ponytail kinda guy myself.
Braiding doesn’t really increase the cable quality per se though…?
It’s $90 because it has fairly thick wiring and as Margot said is likely an active cable (with a chip in the plug). It’s actually fairly cheap considering the feature set.
A shielded braid reduce the noise on the data lines and gives a better signal integrity. So it doesn’t increase the quality of the material, but increase the signal to noise ratio (SNR), which is very important for data transmission.
Braided cables are just higher quality imo because they can’t tangle easily and take a lot of effort to bend.