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minus-square@rottingleaflinkEnglish-1•3 days agoIf only you didn’t have to pay royalties for using USB.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish25•3 days agoNot actually true. Probably something made up by Apple so they could continue to charge you extra for their proprietary chargers https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/450494/are-usb-protocol-and-connector-free-or-are-they-patented
minus-square@lepinkainenlinkEnglish3•3 days agoBut you do need to pay for a Vendor ID, you can’t just YOLO it?
minus-square@rottingleaflinkEnglish1•3 days agoI think what bugged my memory was that you have to pay for a Vendor ID.
minus-square@P1nkmanlinkEnglish0•3 days agoYou do‽ I had no idea. And it’d be great if the standard for USB-C was more than form only.
If only you didn’t have to pay royalties for using USB.
Not actually true. Probably something made up by Apple so they could continue to charge you extra for their proprietary chargers
https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/450494/are-usb-protocol-and-connector-free-or-are-they-patented
But you do need to pay for a Vendor ID, you can’t just YOLO it?
That’s probably what I heard.
I think what bugged my memory was that you have to pay for a Vendor ID.
You do‽ I had no idea. And it’d be great if the standard for USB-C was more than form only.