@jonty@chaos.social and stating that "other brands" only support USB 2.0?? an older revision of USB, which probably starts with a 3 but I tried to look up which one it is and I got a headache just looking at the first result so idk what to call it. I guess it has it be USB 3.0 they mean?

@jonty ?????? help??

@jonty@chaos.social The funny thing is that I have needed a USB 2.0 connection to a data modem that supports 3.0 to get around a problem with the xhci drivers in Linux constantly resetting the modem before, so this is actually a use case for me...

@jonty In other words "We forgot to include the 2.1k resistor on both CC pins." Hilarious.

@jonty ‘ah yes i want my usb to be slower’

@jonty I always throttle back my cable speeds to save power!

@jonty The whole point of the USB-C shape was to not have an orientation, so you couldn't plug it in wrong. This is so bad.

@jonty@chaos.social and they say there's nothing new in art

@jonty I am proud to announce USB 2.5.

@jonty haha... we call those "FEEEAtures".

Microsoft used to do that all the time back in the 90s -- redefine a bug as a feature. And we'd say, "oh, it's a FEEEAture.." rolling our eyes...

@jonty@chaos.social incoherent screaming

@jonty Finally, someone fixed the problem of USB-C connectors working the same when plugged in upside down! /s

@jonty I actually have an external HDD that doesn't even fucking work on 3.0 mode so I have to use a hub or the USB 2.0 port on my Laptop.

@jonty that's what you get when you let marketing people generate copy with AI.

@jonty