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USB-C hubs and my slow descent into madness - Dennis Schubert (overengineer.dev)

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I was looking for a new USB-c hub and came across this article. It's an interesting write-up of what is on the inside of some popular options

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[-] HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago

All valid reasons, but the underlying of it all is that the USB consortium that comes up with these standards and fucked up the usb-c standard leaving us with this quagmire of cables and dangles. Remember the first USB-C cables? The ones that caught on fire? Or where USB 2.0 with USB-C connectors? Pepperidge Farm remembers

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