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russdill on Oct 29, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Total Nightmare: USB-C and Thunderbolt 3

The article is pretty good, but this amount of hyperbole is really unforgivable: "If you’re not careful, you can neuter or even damage your devices by using the wrong cable." First of all, the linked post says that C to C cables do not have this problem at all. The issue comes about in relation to how older standards report allowable power draw via resistor configuration. This is a problem that can only occur with USB A to USB C and also USB A to USB B.

sfoskett on Oct 29, 2016 [–]

No you can damage your devices with C-to-C cables. https://plus.google.com/u/0/+BensonLeung/posts/HakwCMmd346

cpeterso on Oct 30, 2016 | | [–]

  Q: Do C to C cables have the same problem?
  No. C to C cables do not have the same problem because they are required to be straight pass through

russdill on Oct 30, 2016 | | [–]

Did you actually read it? Like maybe the part with the question regarding damaging devices with c to c cables?

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