Comment on USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversible

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nymwit@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Yeah, Universal Spower Bus. Sounds right. I was reading the “power” part emphasized in the comment you replied to. Prior to mass adoption by phone mfrs, USB wasn’t powering all that much. You’d usually have 5v wall wart and cable ending in a barrel connector. Hate those things.

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