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USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversible (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] jsdz@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

People who find that "frustrating" have led too sheltered a life.

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

It's not a big deal but add up the billions of times people needed to plug a USB 3 times instead of one and that's a lot of wasted hours.

[–] jsdz@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

*with the exception of some who have specific disabilities

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

It can be frustrating without being the most frustrating thing. Mild annoyance repeated many times becomes pretty annoying.