• driving_crooner
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    5 months ago

    USB-C universal connection or a bunch of proprietary useless shit.

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      5 months ago

      ah yes the useless proprietary headphone jack (?) microphone jack (??) displayport (???) and ethernet ports (???) … which you can only replicate with USBC with expensive adapters 🤔

      • Slavoj_Zuckerberg [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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        5 months ago

        You just need Bluetooth everything which costs 3x as much as needs to be charged and dies twice as quickly, and an expensive router for similar Internet speeds, and USB c monitors and a hub, and also plug things in very carefully and never trip over a cable because you have literally no ports to spare and if one breaks you’re sol

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      While yes you’re right about usb-c being universal the question remains why there are just two of them.

    • Slavoj_Zuckerberg [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      5 months ago

      It isn’t universal with all the shit I already have, or even most of the shit being made today.

      Most of the other things aren’t proprietary either.

      • USB-A still very very much in use
      • SD cards still in use
      • Ethernet still in use and very handy at hotels
      • HDMI (other side) very useful at hotels
      • Headphones and microphones still very much in use

      Magsafe charger came in the box and is objectively better (and doesn’t hog an I/O port which are in short supply)