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USB gets simpler with new speed-focused labeling system replacing technical jargon (www.notebookcheck.net)
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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

Techies have a hard time understanding that just because you can look up some speeds easily doesn't mean jack shit for regular joe trying to buy an usb-c cable.

Having data speed and wattage indicated on the cable is important, but for most people simply the data speed is enough.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I can't remember the last time I cared about data speed for a USB cable, but charging speed is useful when I'm charging my phone before leaving the house.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Once again, you are probably at least somewhat technical and understand wattage, do you think joe schmoe does? Or do they just charge their phone more often?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Even non-technical people know 80W is more than 10W. They know that Watts usually refers to electrical power.

    People have been buying lightbulbs of varying wattages, and understanding it just fine, for many decades now. Even my grandma who can barely operate anything more complex than a kettle has a good grasp of it.

    I think you have it the opposite way around. The average person has a much better grasp of Watts than they do of data speeds in Gigabits per second.

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