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[HN] USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversible (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] throw4w4y5@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

saved you a click: “ Making USB reversible to begin with would have necessitated twice as many wires and twice as many circuits, and would have doubled the cost.”