My entire platform for president is to make it a felony to put a USB-C connector on a device that can only charge from a USB-A power supply.
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@mattblaze how would you even make it so a device cares about the source plug?
I would like to support your candidacy, but first I need to know your position on companies that build chargers with USB-A receptacles that just output straight 12V DC. And for extra fun, the charging cable's other end is a 3.5 mm audio jack.
@DaveMWilburn If that's not already a felony, it should be
It's basically just arson with extra steps.
*sitting in my rocking chair on the porch, take a big drag on my cig*
"I'm so old I remember when USB was promised to solve all our connector problems..."
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@mattblaze oooh! oooh! I know what precise thing they left out causes that issue!
@mattblaze chuck it all and start over with usb D
Matt Blaze for Prez!
@mattblaze oh heh I have a bike light with that confusing property, too. In fact I'd go as far as to ban USB-C power delivery entirely as the specification is so hideously overcomplicated that it's trivial for implementations to have even subtler/stupider interoperability issues 😡
@mattblaze
And in your second term please fix the USB version numbers. 😉
@oneiros that’s a matter for the courts.
@mattblaze You have my vote.
@mattblaze Just in the last three months, I've acquired four such devices. It's just rude.
@mattblaze Last week I had to buy a pair of these hybrid charging cables. I hear this is to save installing a single resistor. I think the cables cost more than a resistor...
Where is the EU when we need them?
@mattblaze You mean the wall wart has a female A connector & thus the cable is male A to male C?
@20002ist Right. They ship a device with a USB-C connector and a USB-C to USB-A cable, and warn you only their cable works.
@mattblaze
Have you tested if it works with a normal USB C?
Maybe somebody added the resistors but did not tell the manual writer
@carstenfranke @20002ist Yes, of course I did. How else would I know to complain about it not working with USB-C? Do you think I'm just making this up?
@mattblaze As in “don’t use a USB-C charger & cable because the former will damage the device/void the warranty/cause all life as you know it to stop instantaneously and every molecule in your body to explode at the speed of light”? Yeah, that’s seriously brain-damaged.
@20002ist No, it just doesn't do anything when you use a USB-C supply.
@mattblaze @20002ist USB-A to USB-C cables aren't uncommon, especially for charging. But "only their cable works" is bizarre.
@SteveBellovin @20002ist Yes, I understand you can get the cables. I have cables.
The problem is that if I see a USB-C connector, I should reasonably expect to be able to charge it with a USB-C charger.
@mattblaze But Matt, those two resistors would bankrupt so many companies, the US would go into a great recession!
@mattblaze To save a tenth of a cent for a pull-up resistor?
@robpike I guess it adds up.
@mattblaze @robpike hey now. It’s TWO resistors!
I'm talking to you, Philips rechargeable worklight.
