It's kind of annoying I need to carry both types. Gonna have to wait a decade or two for the local train stock to refresh and maybe get C ports there. It would be a cosmic tragedy if they refresh train stock, and it's still type A charge ports. I think it'll still be type A ports.
Because A-to-C can be done by just connecting wires while C-to-C requires a chip to report power and data modes. Even if you can avoid it, it's still a lot more expensive to make. It is annoying, that's for sure.
The device doesn't need it but that I'm not sure that just wiring USB-C plugs together works. Even if it does, you still have a 24 pin plug and you need to connect more of them just so you can plug it any side up. It might not be a huge difference but for the cheap stuff...
I built my gaming PC in 2023 and it has a whopping 1 USB-C port. (I'd have a second if my case came with the cable for it, but it doesn't for some weird reason)
I know plenty that come with both, or a C-to-C with a C-to-A adapter to stick on one of the ends. Those are my preferred, and usually the most convenient.
!! I don’t even have many yet, and I ask myself this exact question regularly. Also: why is it still so goddamn hard to get a decent quality/price USB-C *extension* cable
So are most adapters and all of the Nintendo chargers. Sometimes you just need to adapt in a non-spec way. There’s no way I will sit right next to the wall because I’m not “allowed” to extend the charging cable to reach the outlet. If it’s EC licensed, it’s safe, I guess the US lacks this again.
right, people violate specs all the time, but you will never find a product with the combination of "spec violation" and "good quality" because they're contradictory
I bought one and I’m pretty happy with it, which I think is because crappy quality is not related to this. It would rather be related to, say, importing non-EC items into the EU. That’s fishy. But Nintendo has very good non-spec but still EC-licensed hardware, including the cables that last well.
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for where i live, same goes for public charging ports. it's fairly common to find type a ports close to wall sockets, but i rarely see type c ports
Feeling lucky punk?
Probably because it's ¢10 cheaper, then :p