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PinePower's cables seem good enough for everything except probably the high-res display / PCIE cases

https://pine64.com/product/usb-type-c-to-usb-type-c-silicone... https://pine64.com/product/usb-type-c-to-usb-type-c-silicone...

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It works fine for power, but is terrible for data. I have one, and I only get USB 2.0 speeds through it, tested with multiple devices. If I use a certified USB4 cable, no issues. But, that's the difference between a $4 cable and a $40 cable.

It's not really about certification. I would be surprised if a "charging cable" wasn't USB 2.0

USB 2, 3 (or at least the speeds introduced with 3), and 4 are all valid choices for cables.

Yeah, there’s nothing wrong with USB 2.0 cables existing, I’m just saying: that’s less than ideal for a lot more than just PCIE or high res displays. Even if you put a $3 flash drive at the other end, you’re going to cut the transfer speeds in half.

what $3 flash drive is faster than USB 2.0?

https://www.microcenter.com/product/657530/micro-center-16gb...

Worse yet, my Pixel 4a (a USB 3+ phone) shipped with a USB 2 charging cable, throttling the speeds at which I can transfer totally legal files I don't want to upload to the cloud or perform internal storage backups through adb push/pull.

>seem

That's the problem with USB cables. They all seem to work when you don't look too closely.

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