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Got a bedside charger from Anker that has a little screen that shows the wattage draw. Well, it turns out I've been using cables that can't handle more than 12w to try to power a laptop from a 65w charger. What a mess!

USB C is great, instead of different plugs that clearly denote different capabilities we now have the same plug for like a dozen different cable types. Which aren’t marked in anyway to say what cable they are!

It’s wild! If only there was a way of differentiating different versions of the same thing with some wild identifier, like … different colours! Could never work…

I think it's low-key a sign of the times—nobody gives a shit anymore.

Well, I think there's been a lot of not giving a shit over the years, particularly in the USB world, what with mini USB, and micro USB and USB itself with general shitness. It's just a shame that USB-C couldn't solve the last mile of usability.

On that note, USB is a protocol but USB-C is a type of connector (which is also used by things that aren't USB).

Pretty much every device I own now changes using USB C and I love the EU for it