Apple's new Thunderbolt 4 USB-C cable costs a staggering $130, more than ten times the price of a reliable generic USB-C cable readily available elsewhere. W...
This is third mention of this exact issue with some of the same wording to come across my feed in 24 hours. Wondering what the genesis is.
This is a great thing about that USB C connector. It can be pretty universal, from low power delivery only to Thunderbolt 4. That’s also a problem, in that Thunderbolt 4 and low power delivery don’t have anything to do with each other than that connector.
An analogy that springs to mind is electrical plugs. In the US, the same Edison plug can be used to connect a 1 watt LED or a 1750 watt water kettle into the same outlet. Once could use 22 gauge wire perfectly safely, the other one could burn your house down if you did that.
This is third mention of this exact issue with some of the same wording to come across my feed in 24 hours. Wondering what the genesis is.
This is a great thing about that USB C connector. It can be pretty universal, from low power delivery only to Thunderbolt 4. That’s also a problem, in that Thunderbolt 4 and low power delivery don’t have anything to do with each other than that connector.
An analogy that springs to mind is electrical plugs. In the US, the same Edison plug can be used to connect a 1 watt LED or a 1750 watt water kettle into the same outlet. Once could use 22 gauge wire perfectly safely, the other one could burn your house down if you did that.