cross-posted from: https://lemmy.cringecollective.io/post/75583

why isn’t it ok? why???

Meme “the number of people who think this is an abomination” over a photo of a USB-A to USB-A cable, “but think this is perfectly acceptable” over a photo of a USB-C to USB-C cable, “makes me sick.”

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    3 months ago

    it was common amongst digital cameras in the early 2000’s.

    and maybe you could somehow link up two computers as well…? tho that could have been some specialized cables

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      3 months ago

      They make A-to-A cables with a bit of file transfer software integrated into the cord. Useful for transferring big files between two PCs without setting up a network.