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[-] frezik@midwest.social 16 points 1 week ago

USB in 1996: Let's make one connector that handles everything

USB in 2024: Let's make one connector do thirty different incompatible combinations of things

[-] s_s@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

USB in 1996: lets let you plug any device into the back of your computer.

USB in 2024: phones, tablets laptops are going to charge at crazy voltages and we're going to show you 8k video all over the same port and you can insert it in both directions and we're still going to connect any device to any device.

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