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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."

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[-] ZeldaFreak@lemmy.world 20 points 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 points 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.

[-] smeeps@lemmy.mtate.me.uk 9 points 4 months ago

My USB KVM switch uses them

[-] astrsk@kbin.run 1 points 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.

[-] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 months ago

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

[-] thejevans@lemmy.ml 1 points 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.

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