Weird, I haven’t seen HNers blaming the user for USB confusion. In fact I am sure I’ve seen articles here getting shared and upvoted which discuss the USB confusion and express sympathy for users while trying to disambiguate the situation
For most part of 2014 to 2019. USB-C was hailed as the silver bullet. The increasing backlash against USB-C was a very very recent thing.
The only way to solve a problem is to first accept we have a problem. And we aren't quite there yet.
- person saying they've only had a smooth experience with USB-C cables
- person acknowledging that this is complex and is grateful someone took the time to make the article
- someone lamenting that it's hard to know cable capabilities
- person asking for advice on some BIOS modes
- someone saying USB-C solved some problems but also created others
- someone annoyed about the amount of cables they have to have now
- someone wishing it was simpler to find out capabilities of cables
- someone saying they were probably lucky but they only ever had one problem with USB-C
I've seen a couple of "works for me, maybe read the packaging on the cables?" replies but honestly my impression is not that HN commenters are dismissive of how USB cables are confusing, but that many are themselves irritated with the state of affairs. If you were personally treated badly after expressing this opinion here then that sucks and I'm sorry, but you can definitely count yourself among the majority of people (myself included) on this site who wish it was a little clearer.