Comment on Saudi Arabia makes USB-C mandatory for electronic devices

Bootheal0179@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Crow@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  That’s actually impressive you’ve managed to stay in the past so long.

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  • Bootheal0179@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I have always striven to remain at the cutting edge of obsolescence. It is fun to keep old tech going

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    • Crow@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Thank you for being the kind of person I sell my used tech to so I can buy new tech. You are a hero.

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      • unreachable@lemmy.my.id ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        something something junk something something treasure

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    • agent_flounder@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      “written from my Palm Pilot”

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  • fryday@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    What devices do you have that connect over usb-c aside from a phone? As far as I’ve seen, it’s still not common for keyboards, mice, webcams, controllers, monitors, printers, or external drives (though I’d admit drives are becoming more common, particularly for ssds). I’m honestly curious, because I feel like I’m missing out.

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    • edent@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      All my gadgets use USB-C. Bluetooth headphones, eReader, laptop, printer, power bank, 360 camera, they all charge via USB-C.

      Hell, even my neck cooler runs off it.

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      • fryday@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Ah, for charging, sure. The comment I was replying to seemed like they were talking about interacting/interfacing via usb-c with their desktop, not just charging, which is certainly becoming more common.

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    • ArianaGrande@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      My headset, watch, powerbank, Nintendo switch, my TV remote

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    • Draces@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’ve got a USB doc, a security key for work, and an audio interface. I also have a charger for my computer that plugs into USB C. It’s much nicer for laptops to save space but USB A is still better for my desktop since I’m not swapping things much and C would get knocked out more easily

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• kbrot@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Just about everything except truly basement-tier China tech sitting in warehouses has C now so you'll soon be glad to have the ports.

  USB C is a form factor (pretty little reversible oval cable). Thunderbolt is a protocol and yes it uses USB C for the form factor. Other protocols on USB C cabling include 2.0 (ancient speed, used for charging only these days), 3.1 (old speed) 3.2 (slightly old but also not, it's weird, and most common nowadays), and USB4 (which is newest and fast, but not quite as fast as TB). Decent rule of thumb is USB4 will always be one step behind Thunderbolt in speed (currently ~80gbps vs 40gbps in USB4).

  Lastly, any proper spec cable will negotiate the best, safest power transfer between chargers and devices. So just don't buy complete junk, read a couple reviews, you'll almost certainly be fine.

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  • TimeSquirrel@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    2.0 (ancient speed, used for charging only these days)

    And for uploading the firmware into nearly every small device you have that has a microcontroller with some flash memory on it. They still use TTL serial, so a USB 2.0 to TTL serial adapter is often used.

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  • Draces@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I don’t entirely agree with you. It’s still very standard for wired mouse and keyboard to use USB A. USB A isn’t going anywhere for a while on desktops. I think you’re right about laptops though, it’s a much better experience

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• MossyFeathers@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Iirc thunderbolt looks like usb-c and it even works like usb-c, you just won’t get the extra bandwidth and some devices won’t work properly.

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• SpeedLimit55@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Type C is the connector which can either be power only, power and data, power data and video, or thunderbolt which is basically faster power data and video. You can’t really burn out the port with the wrong device or charger, it either won’t charge, charge slowly, or not work.

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  • Bootheal0179@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Thanks for answering. Is a old computer with thunderbolt 2 port able to connect thunderbolt 3 & 4 monitors or storage devices? I’m tempted to get an old thunderbolt 2 card for my computer, but don’t know if it’s really a useable port in 2023

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    • SpeedLimit55@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Thunderbolt 2 can support a single 4K monitor and they still make TB2 external storage devices. Apple makes a bidirectional adapter that will allow some 3&4 devices to work with a 2 port but every device is different and most will not be officially supported. Link to adapter is apple.com/…/thunderbolt-3-usb-c-to-thunderbolt-2-…

      I would not add a TB2 card to an older machine though. Just find an adapter that works with the fastest port on that machine. There are plenty of devices that work well with usb3.

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