Thank you!
Same for phones. Why don’t you give me 2 USB C ports if you must take away my headphone jack? What if I want to change and listen to music?
Also it’s the highest form of bullshit that I can’t just plug two computers into each other with a USB C and transfer a file at like 10 gb/s.
In fact I have a conspiracy theory that they intentionally make sharing a file directly between two devices with no 3rd parties difficult so they can control and surveil what is shared more easily.
As with many things there’s a spectrum from intentional malice to not being paid to care to not even considering it.
I think especially in laptops not having that feature is really missed by even a lot of “normal people” and the necessary hardware would cost what, a couple dollars max?
I think the fact that other methods (WiFi direct, Bluetooth file sharing, etc) are so poorly or slowly supported, when the “how do I get this file to you?” question is so common, is evidence enough to suggest that there have been a number of conversations following this form at various companies.
“Let’s support WiFi direct”.
“Why would anyone want that when they have onedrive/icloud? wink nudge”
I am pleased to hear it’s coming with USB 4 however. Maybe the sneakernet isn’t dead afterall.
But which usb-c cable is the shitty usb 2.0 speed one that came with your phone and is only good for charging, and which cable is actually a good fast one for sending data, and what kind is that one you bought in an emergency one time because you were travelling and really needed a cable but the box only had Italian on it?
I did the painstaking task of organizing all of my cables last year. I had old VGAs, VGA-DP/HDMI adapters, v1 hdmi cables and a bunch of micro-b (worst form factor imo) usb charging cables. I put all the good cables together and labeled them. For the rest, I collect all of that ewaste in a box along with random lithium batteries and broken small electronics then make a semi annual trip to the local recycling center.
Exactly this, a year ago for a VJ show I had doubles for six different types of cables and all I needed was to hook up my computer to a projector, lights, monitor and couple of controllers
I’ve since updated a lot of stuff to be wireless, but having everything use the same connector would multiply the redundancy and save time, mental load and stress (especially when you are packing up after the show and try to keep track of everything)
I honestly have no problem with making everything go through USB C instead of a bunch of different ports, it’s the number of ports that’s the issue
Just give me 9 USB C ports and we’re good
Thank you! Same for phones. Why don’t you give me 2 USB C ports if you must take away my headphone jack? What if I want to change and listen to music?
Also it’s the highest form of bullshit that I can’t just plug two computers into each other with a USB C and transfer a file at like 10 gb/s.
In fact I have a conspiracy theory that they intentionally make sharing a file directly between two devices with no 3rd parties difficult so they can control and surveil what is shared more easily.
It’s possible and the fact that it’s not more common isn’t a conspiracy. Technical overview on this StackOverflow question.
As with many things there’s a spectrum from intentional malice to not being paid to care to not even considering it.
I think especially in laptops not having that feature is really missed by even a lot of “normal people” and the necessary hardware would cost what, a couple dollars max?
I think the fact that other methods (WiFi direct, Bluetooth file sharing, etc) are so poorly or slowly supported, when the “how do I get this file to you?” question is so common, is evidence enough to suggest that there have been a number of conversations following this form at various companies.
“Let’s support WiFi direct”.
“Why would anyone want that when they have onedrive/icloud? wink nudge”
I am pleased to hear it’s coming with USB 4 however. Maybe the sneakernet isn’t dead afterall.
You can boot a Mac as an external storage device and mount it on another Mac. At least you could, but maybe they’ve taken that from us too?
Framework has 4. They are a bit too expenseive for me, but yeah. (I understand the economics of scale yada yada)
All higher end USB-C MBPs also had 4 USB-C (Thunderbolt) ports.
*slaps top of the port* Each of these ports can fit so many ports.
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But which usb-c cable is the shitty usb 2.0 speed one that came with your phone and is only good for charging, and which cable is actually a good fast one for sending data, and what kind is that one you bought in an emergency one time because you were travelling and really needed a cable but the box only had Italian on it?
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I did the painstaking task of organizing all of my cables last year. I had old VGAs, VGA-DP/HDMI adapters, v1 hdmi cables and a bunch of micro-b (worst form factor imo) usb charging cables. I put all the good cables together and labeled them. For the rest, I collect all of that ewaste in a box along with random lithium batteries and broken small electronics then make a semi annual trip to the local recycling center.
Exactly this, a year ago for a VJ show I had doubles for six different types of cables and all I needed was to hook up my computer to a projector, lights, monitor and couple of controllers
I’ve since updated a lot of stuff to be wireless, but having everything use the same connector would multiply the redundancy and save time, mental load and stress (especially when you are packing up after the show and try to keep track of everything)