Gregory's Server@EUCommission And now make sure all USB-C Cables support the same features or have to be marked if they only charge without data connection for example.
There are so many shitty USB-C cables out there. I even have some that work differently depending on which side of this reversible connector is up...
@cbeloch @EUCommission using USB C was a mistake, and I said so right from the beginning.
You ought to have used Mini-USB (not Micro-USB) and mandated a sligtly better fit of the plug in the socket so it cannot slide out normally.
Benefits: trivially visible orientation, no wrong-side plugging in, and much more stable. And (besides power-only cables, which support only 125 mA anyway) all cables do the same thing. Even Mini-USB OTG is available, I’ve used it on a Zaurus
spitz.I sometimes have to try both sides even with USB C because one side just doesn’t want to go in, and every time I plug in a USB C, it feels like the middle part is going to break off easily.
Durable tech is done differently.
Just the other day, I saw that soldering USB C sockets is also extremely tricky due to tight spacing, low tolerances, and some other things I don’t recall exactly (but I’m not a soldering expert), so this is actively harming hobbyist use as well.
@cbeloch @EUCommission using USB C was a mistake, and I said so right from the beginning.
You ought to have used Mini-USB (not Micro-USB) and mandated a sligtly better fit of the plug in the socket so it cannot slide out normally.
Benefits: trivially visible orientation, no wrong-side plugging in, and much more stable. And (besides power-only cables, which support only 125 mA anyway) all cables do the same thing. Even Mini-USB OTG is available, I’ve used it on a Zaurus
spitz.