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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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[–] Crow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 5 months ago

I read the Wikipedia a little and apparently A to A cables can damage your devices, and the ones that do exist are for specific purposes and should only be used in those specific scenarios, and often they are more than just cables and have some computational stuff inside them

[–] ilovesatan@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (3 children)
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[–] chaospatterns@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I actually have a double sided male A cable. I was shocked when I got it but I have this laptop cooler that has two A ports on it, presumably to allow a pass through but I'm always nervous that I'll plug it in and fry something.

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[–] AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

If I remember correctly you can't do data copy with A to A. I maybe wrong but I'm to lazy to look up.

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