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by SocratesV 3518 days ago
For me knowing that soon, once peripherals makers and also cable makers catch-up, I'll be able to use just one type of cable to connect to anything (and I'm assuming cable makers will stop doing sub-par ones and just stick to Thunderbolt 3 capable), is probably a huge win. No more USB/HDMI/MagSafe mix (with the different ports on the peripheral side to increase complexity).

After that, wireless.
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erichocean 3518 days ago
> I'll be able to use just one type of cable to connect to anything

If you're talking about USB 3, sorry to burst your bubble, but you won't. There are a lot of different varieties of USB 3 cables.

You're thinking of "connector", and yes, the USB 3 connector is now used for wildly different things. Cables are different even though they have the same connector.

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SocratesV 3518 days ago
Please read my comment again, I did say:

> I'm assuming cable makers will stop doing sub-par ones and just stick to Thunderbolt 3 capable

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erichocean 3515 days ago
> I'm assuming cable makers will stop doing sub-par ones and just stick to Thunderbolt 3 capable

Thunderbolt 3 cables are expensive (just like regular Thunderbolt cables), and there's no chance that cable makers drop cheaper cables. None, zip, zero.

Furthermore, all it takes is one manufacturer making the non-Thunderbolt 3 cables to make things as I described…and remember, using the "wrong" cable can hurt your machine.

The situation with USB-C isn't good and it's very likely that many machines will be damaged as a result of not using unique connectors for unique capabilities/requirements on the cables themselves.

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SocratesV 3515 days ago
What's the market share for USB-C compared with USB-A/B?

Would hope that as it passes USB-A/B, it becomes as cheap as, or at least close to.

Also people will start to name & shame bad cable manufacturers, both when they are the ones not reading the cable specs (in which case it will alert people to do so) or when the cable specs do not match the actual cable capabilities (in which case the cable manufacturer is liable).

The other thing is as mobile phones/tablets change, you'll also get cables bundled with the device, which will probably be of a decent quality at least (they don't need to be Thunderbolt 3, just not fool the devices by violating USB-C specs).

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