Maybe they could have a link in the popup?
I wonder if you could start an online cables boutique that just sold tested and reviewed cables and cable management with a 50% markup for people who just don't want to deal with it.
I wonder if you could start an online cables boutique that just sold tested and reviewed cables and cable management with a 50% markup for people who just don't want to deal with it.
And your store idea invalidates having cheaper devices and cables and a ubiquitous protocol.
The only good thing about USBC is that if you moderately keep up to date with all your devices, eventually, recharging becomes relatively easy for all your devices. I don't think I've ever had a problem charging a USBC device. Generally everything charges everything. The high power devices like laptops are probably the exception since you need a brick that can deliver 65-80W[1].
1. One reason why Apple Silicon is so appealing. The M2 Air is plenty fast and basically consumes the power of an iPad. You don't need a 30W supply to charge it.
- devices that don't support USB Power Delivery
- chargers that don't put out sufficient power
- chargers that don't put out sufficient power only when there's more than 1 device plugged in
- devices that only work with a special USB Type A charger (the fat kind), not with C to C charging
- Google/Samsung phones not charging with each other's chargers, even though both have similar power draws and both use USB-C
- devices where only certain USB-C ports can reliably charge (some recent Macbooks had this issue)
- devices where the USB-C port can't be used for charging at all, only comms
- USB-C hubs with unreliable power supplies that sometimes work sometimes don't and eventually dies on you altogether
- USB-C cables that wear out unpredictably over time and only support slow charging after a while, not PD fast charging
etc. All of those were scenarios I've personally experienced in the last few years. It's a nightmare.
Thunderbolt is much cleaner but much more expensive.
Except for the fact that it's very expensive.
(So much so that I bought two of them.)