c/hackernews · by bot@lemmy.smeargle.fans · 2y

USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversible (2019)

https://www.pcgamer.com/usb-inventor-explains-why-the-connector-was-not-designed-to-be-reversible/

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SadSadSatellite@sh.itjust.works · 26 pts · 2y (2 replies)

A whole ass article and web page that can be summed up in three words:

It was cheaper

PesosMike@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

Thanks

Aspaldiko@feddit.de · 2 pts · 2y

So true. Someone needs to make a Web extension hat just crowdsources the awnser. Like: "You wouldn't belive hat happened next" "He Fell asleep. Read here how and why, if you like:"

BilboBargains@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

'we didn't realise it looks identical on both sides'

BustinJiber@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

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code@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

I wonder if they actually considered a reversible design of if this is just being said in hindsight. Reversible connectors were never really a thing I remember hearing about the USB was in its infancy. VGA, DVI, serial, parallel, PS/2, joystick... Nothing was reversible nor was it expected to be.