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But in your example, they are equivalent. USB-c can do everything micro-usb can, so moving the mouse to usb-c is beneficial to the customer by reducing the number of different cables and connectors to deal with. I suppose usb-c is a little bigger but not enough to make a difference on a mouse

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FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
But it also requires redesigning everything and recalling all the stock that is already out there if you want everything to be USB-C, which I think is a little silly when talking about a mouse.

So yes, USB-C can do all of those things, but to move to it also requires redesigning the product, recalling or selling out of the old product, and possibly raising the price to cover it.

USB-C makes sense to me in a lot of applications, but I just don’t think it matters much when it comes to something like a mouse at this point. Five years from now if there’s a rechargeable mouse that isn’t USB-C? Fine. I agree with you. It should be. In 2023/2024? I think it’s acceptable.

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- ShepherdPie@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Nobody is talking about recalling old products to swap out USB ports. They mean for future purchases, it’s nice to use a single standard.
  
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  - FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I understand that, but until the old stocks run out, the future options with USB-C ports aren’t going to show up for purchase. Logitech isn’t going to make and sell mouse model X with a USB-C port until they run out of all of what they already have. And that goes right the way both up and down the supply chain.
    
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- AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I guess I kind of assumed we already are five years from now. Everything I see online has been complaining about iPhone being the last device to move to usb-c and it has been going on for years. I expected everything else to be already there or well on its way. If you redesign a mouse about every five years, there ought to have been enough time already.
  
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  - FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Is a mouse really redesigned every five years? I’ve used the same make of Logitech wireless trackball for I don’t know how long now.
    
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