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All the other brands went along (slrpnk.net)
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[–] 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Burn all the USBC cables with fire except PD. The top PD cable does everything the lower cable does.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    IDK I’ve had PD cables that looked good for a while but turns out their data rate was basically USB2. It seems no matter what rule of thumb I try there are always weird caveats.

    No, I’m not bitter, why would you ask that?

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

    There are many PD cables that are bad for doing data.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Correct. The other commenter is giving bad advice.

    Both power delivery and bandwidth are backwards compatible, but they are independent specifications on USB-C cables. You can even get PD capable USB-C cables that don’t transmit data at all.

    Also, that’s not true for Thunderbolt cables. Each of the 5 versions have specific data and power delivery minimum and maximum specifications.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    You can even get PD capable USB-C cables that don’t transmit data at all.

    I don't think this is right. The PD standard requires the negotiation of which side is the source and which is the sink, and the voltage/amperage, over those data links. So it has to at least support the bare minimum data transmission in order for PD to work.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Technically, yes, data must transmit to negotiate, but it doesn’t require high throughput. So you’ll get USB 2.0 transfer speeds (480 Mb/s) with most “charging only” USB-C cables. That’s only really useful for a keyboard or mouse these days.

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

    You forgot thunderbolt and usb4 exists now

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    True but pretty much the only devices that need those are high-end SSDs and laptop docks and in both cases you just leave the cable with the device rather than pulling it out of your generic cables drawer.

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