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Some basic info about USB (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

To be fair, the goal is the same.

  1. Not everyone needs the sheer CPU, power, and costs of a 40 GB/s connection.
  2. Higher wattage chargers cost more
  3. Not everyone needs a USB port that does video out (even if it should be standard now that virtually every new GPU should be compatible)
  4. Even if the CPU and GPU support a feature, the OEM can use a cheaper controller
  5. The controller firmware can lack support for a feature or be buggy

The USB forum can only solve points 4 and 5 without raising costs on the cheapest hardware.