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Nintendo Switch 2 Dock USB-C Compatibility

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298 points croes | 1 comments | 31 Aug 25 23:21 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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rowanG077 ◴[01 Sep 25 07:21 UTC] No.45090317[source]▶
At such times I wish the USB consortium would flex their muscles. A high profile case that maliciously breaks interoperability.
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rs186 ◴[01 Sep 25 11:52 UTC] No.45091960[source]▶
If USB consortium cared about being consumer friendly, they would have mandated that USB cables clearly mark their capabilities, and require that every cable must transmit data.

Instead we have this mess where you don't know whether a cable is good for laptop charging, and whether that same cable can be used for data in addition to charging. (skipping that data wire saves a few cents, that sounds like a great idea!)

So nothing will come out of them regarding Nintendo's behavior.

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1. ronsor ◴[02 Sep 25 02:14 UTC] No.45098425[source]▶
People often buy USB cables without data wires for security reasons, so personally I would like to keep them around.