• marcos@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Why two different and incompatible options?

    Or, more generally, why can’t I ever read some USB spec and get out with less questions than I had in the beginning?

    • Scrath@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      10 months ago

      Probably for the same reason why they decided to rename USB 3.0.

      I guess they had a liquor cabinet in the room where they held their meeting

    • BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org
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      10 months ago

      Because for some reason, the USBIF has been hit over and over again with the stupid stick ever since USB2 came out.

    • TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee
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      10 months ago

      Because USB is pretty much neither universal or standardized, just the same shape and somewhat compatible