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  • mortmort@floss.social
    May 31, 2026, 1:34 PM

    Something that annoys me a lot: full size USB type B (aka the "printer connector") is a truly excellent connector. And the mini-B connector is a pretty good connector was a really good connector for situations which call for a tiny connector. YET THEY STRAYED FROM THIS EXCELLENT STATUS QUO AND INVENTED THE MICRO-B CONNECTOR, THE WORST CONNECTOR KNOWN TO MAN

    And then this micro-B connector, the worst connector known to man, BECAME THE STANDARD CONNECTOR FOR EVERYTHING

    WHY

    #usb #computers

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  • mortmort@floss.social
    May 31, 2026, 1:35 PM

    Yes they have somewhat remedied their folly with USB-C, a pretty good connector. But why foist those decades of micro-B hell upon us, why stray from the righteous path of full-size B and mini-B

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  • mortmort@floss.social
    May 31, 2026, 1:37 PM

    Yes I am right now searching for a full-size B connector for the one thing in my life which uses it and am lamenting how every old cable I find everywhere has the micro-B connector, THE WORST CONNECTOR IN THE HISTORY OF HUMAN KIND, because some absolute buffoons found the type B and mini-B connectors to be in need of replacement

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