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I thought the entire point was to have _cables_ that work everywhere, which is my preference. I think the ports themselves can and should do different things - even my USB-A ports on my laptop have little icons beside them indicating their purpose or capabilities. The point is to not have to keep many dozen different cables on hand for everything.


That part doesn't work either though. There are at least four different types of cable (3.1-speed, 3.2-speed, high wattage, and thunderbolt)


Regarding the 3.1-speed: Is there any rational explanation for “USB 3 5GB” being renamed to “USB 3.1 gen 1 5GB” and “USB 3.1 10GB” being renamed to “USB 3.1 gen 2 10GB”?


That was probably done to protect the companies selling "obsolete" 3.0 devices by giving them a "free upgrade" to 3.1.




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