cross-posted from: https://lemmy.cringecollective.io/post/75583

why isn’t it ok? why???

Meme “the number of people who think this is an abomination” over a photo of a USB-A to USB-A cable, “but think this is perfectly acceptable” over a photo of a USB-C to USB-C cable, “makes me sick.”

  • ZeldaFreak@lemmy.world
    20·
    4 months ago

    I’ve never seen a USB-A to A cable in the wild, except recently, where I finally unpacked my SATA/IDE USB adapter from Ugreen.

    • xwolpertinger@lemmy.world
      10·
      4 months ago

      They used to be moderately common in the before times, like 2.5 inch IDE HDD times.

      For added horror those often where Y cables, too.

    • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      They are commonly used with USB keystone connectors. For some reason most of them have A connectors on both sides.

    • astrsk@kbin.run
      1·
      4 months ago

      Most cheap usb switchers will use them on the computer-switch side. I have a few models that I was testing out so I have a small pile of these. They’re great for cutting in half and using as a small usb power supply cable to breadboard projects, along with the horde of 5w Apple chargers I have in a bin.

    • thejevans
      1·
      4 months ago

      I’ve had old Ugreen devices with a similar setup. Notably a KVM that fried my keyboard bc they failed to follow USB spec.

      A-to-A cables are, in general, a hardware design smell. It’s best to avoid devices that don’t care enough to follow the spec.