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[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Extensive manual reading" Really? Two seconds of skimming is extensive reading to this guy?

Maybe I'm the exception here, but this thing reads to me like a long list of non-issues. I specifically don't want my phone fast charging. It's bad for the battery. I'll slow charge overnight. People having to keep track of multiple cables is a result of them trying to save $2 and buying the cheapest possible cables. Buy good cables with the highest data transfer speed you will require and forget about it. They are all backwards compatible.

The point of USB-C wasn't to make everything compatible with everything always, the point was to get rid of proprietary connectors, and unify the 4 different USB connector types commonly in use.

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 13 points 1 month ago

Tbf, you sometimes want 240W. For example for laptops, powering screens via USB-C for DP over TB, and combining all this for USB-C in on a Docking Station, two DP out with power and charging the laptop.

[–] sevon@lemmy.kde.social 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Every charger I have lying around charges every device I have lying around. I'm happy with that.

[–] tinned_tomatoes@feddit.uk 16 points 1 month ago

The state of Android journalism. Nothing but engagement-bait like this, and "exclusive scoops" of unreleased features that never see the light of day.

[–] pelya@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Useless drama in the article.
Yeah, cheap cable and cheap charger won't provide 35 watts of power. However that cheap 24-pin Type-C cable costs the same as 5-pin Micro-USB cable did in 2010, and you can use your old Type-A charger with it, so you'll getting your 5 volts 2 amperes everywhere, and did I mention that the connector is reversible?

[–] BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure each person has personally saved weeks of time by having the connector always work the first time, because of the reversibility of the plug.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I've saved seconds. Maybe even minutes.

[–] Epzillon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Hey now, a win is a win