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Fuck the spec.
Well it's about time my flowerbed got some fresh pixels
I'm so glad I can finally clean my boots efficiently
That is atrocious, but I'm howling because that is literally PipeWire
Is this what I need for streaming services?
Is this a good way to clean dust out of your port?
Do you condemn hama?
You anarchist!
Real talk though, I think specs are literally my favorite thing in the world. The truly great ones are so good that there's never a real reason to deviate from them - if you do, you're either doing something wrong or you're taking a shortcut for a hobbyist project (which is fine, but not for anything mass-produced). USB is mostly one of those great specs. The cable you posted is an abomination. There is always a better way.
Yeah! Arbitrarily make one of those ends USB-B, then require it for nearly every damn printer in existence and don't include the cable with the product.
Yes, I am aware that those are all separate decisions made by different assholes.
Every part of that is fine except not including the cable with the product. But I don't think I ever got a new product with a USB-B connector that didn't come with the cable.
I sold printers at a big box store for a few years. Do not count on those things having cables in the box.
There are certainly better ways, but I suspect this way is cheaper as the only need to stock one connector type.
External HDDs, external DVD drives, laptop cooling pads, if you were looking for examples.
Those devices should always use type B (standard, mini, or micro) connectors. Type A should always be used on the host side. The reason is that a type A connector on a host or a hub acts as a power source. A male-A-to-male-A cable allows two hosts to send power through the cable, which will likely blow the USB circuitry or kill the entire device. This is why connecting a keyboard to old micro-B smartphones required an on-the-go adapter, or an AB socket and supporting electronics that can act as both a host and a peripheral device.
Type C can be symmetric because the specification requires compliant hardware to perform this kind of negotiation (and more) between the two sides.