• @davidgro
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      4615 days ago

      This isn’t that. It’s relabeling the existing USB standards in a way that actually makes sense finally.

      • Björn Tantau
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        2415 days ago

        Yeah, but the old labels won’t just magically disappear. Tech folks might know how to handle it but for everyone else it will be just more of the same. As far as they care for labeling to begin with.

        • JRaccoon
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          1815 days ago

          I think this time the manufacturers will be pretty quick at adopting the new branding; if there’s two competing devices next to each other, one marked with “USB 3.2 Gen 2x2”, which no one understands, and other one with “USB 20Gbps” I think the latter will sell more.

          • @Bonesince1997
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            815 days ago

            Yeah something you don’t have to further look up to figure out what it means. Just simpler.

          • @LarsIsCool
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            515 days ago

            Probably. But then again, if one says “USB 20Gbps”, but the one next to it has “80Gbps”, it might be better to have had “USB 3.2 Gen 2x2”

            • @felbane
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              014 days ago

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        • @Valmond
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          515 days ago

          You mean the 3.0, 3.1 gen 1 and 3.1 gen 2 that all was changed to the same thing?

          Even the 3.2 gen 1 is the same as the others IIRC and you need like 3.2 gen2 2x2 to go to even 10gbps.

          I’m maybe off a little bit but the gist is there, rant off/

        • @davidgro
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          515 days ago

          But it’s the very first time that they are making them actually make sense.

      • @glitchdx
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        -314 days ago

        Does nothing for existing cables.

        • @TheGrandNagus
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          714 days ago

          I mean… yeah? They’re not gonna break into your house and emboss new symbols on cables you already own.

          You may as well be advocating against better food packaging labels because stuff you’ve bought already won’t benefit from it.

          • @glitchdx
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            114 days ago

            Can i not bitch about how shit things have been? Or that these fixes shouldn’t even be necessary because they could have just not fucked it up in the first place?

    • @TheGrandNagus
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      415 days ago

      I don’t think you understand what’s going on here lol