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    [–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 70 points 2 months ago (34 children)

    You know they make displayport cables without the clips, right?

    [–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 32 points 2 months ago (22 children)

    I did not know this. Are they allowed by the spec?

    [–] rtxn@lemmy.world 81 points 2 months ago (14 children)

    Fuck the spec.

    [–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    You anarchist!

    Real talk though, I think specs are literally my favorite thing in the world. The truly great ones are so good that there's never a real reason to deviate from them - if you do, you're either doing something wrong or you're taking a shortcut for a hobbyist project (which is fine, but not for anything mass-produced). USB is mostly one of those great specs. The cable you posted is an abomination. There is always a better way.

    [–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    Yeah! Arbitrarily make one of those ends USB-B, then require it for nearly every damn printer in existence and don't include the cable with the product.

    Yes, I am aware that those are all separate decisions made by different assholes.

    [–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    Every part of that is fine except not including the cable with the product. But I don't think I ever got a new product with a USB-B connector that didn't come with the cable.

    [–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

    I sold printers at a big box store for a few years. Do not count on those things having cables in the box.

    [–] notabot@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

    There are certainly better ways, but I suspect this way is cheaper as the only need to stock one connector type.

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