• @davidgro
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    461 month 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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      241 month 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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        181 month 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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          81 month ago

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

        • @LarsIsCool
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          51 month 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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            01 month ago

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      • @Valmond
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        51 month 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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        51 month ago

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

    • @glitchdx
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      -31 month ago

      Does nothing for existing cables.

      • @TheGrandNagus
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        71 month 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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          11 month 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?