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USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversible (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 1 year ago by ooli to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Apparently manufacturers are only supposed to put the logo on the top. But since a lot of companies didn't print the logo, or only embossed the logo so you could barely see it, or put the ports on the parent device sideways, this was never much help.

Combine that with the fact that they never actually told anyone this, and it was basically useless.