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1. Shadowman311 (shadowman311@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 09:20:14 JST Shadowman311
   It's over Apple bros
   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 09:20:14 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     @Shadowman311 My fave aspect of it was how they call it the “pro” but completely ignore any semblance of professional use. The most technical use they show is a guy staring at a “blueprint” of his surfboard design, while every other piece shows people using it as a content consumption device.

     The fact they kicked it off with a sterile home and careerist spinster seems to tell you everything you need to know: It’s for selfish people with money to burn

   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 09:32:44 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     @Boomerman @Shadowman311 IDK since I only passively pay attention, but I’d bet the “Pro” denotes the use of their higher end processor, either the 8/10c M2 instead of their older M1.

     The whole thing is a real letdown, because there is some utility behind the idea for a particular brand of power user. Goggles with an infinite amount of screen space would be radical, or being able to have miles of footage while you’re editing. I’m not a fan of having to do that swap between active windows, want everything ready and at-hand all the time

   • Boomerman (boomerman@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 09:32:45 JST Boomerman

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     @WashedOutGundamPilot @Shadowman311 Pro also implies some sort of lesser or economy model. Its just something they say now. Some retard in corporate saw that other retards react to the word pro and buy. Also fuck apple theyre niggers and demanded 1500 bucks for some aluminum with a magnet on it.
   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 09:38:33 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     @Shadowman311 “what’s pro about it?”

     “uh, like the buyers, they’re all professionals…like uh, therapists, HR managers, corporate diversity consultants, lawyers….y’know, pros.”

     “…..that just sounds like people who would buy ‘TV Dinners for One‘…. is it just a fancy TV for spinsters to watch netflix on? None of the ads show people with families.”

     “no….no, they can use it for all sorts of things like uh, video conferences for work! They’re important, professional people”

     “oof…see, it’s pretty telling that you didn’t mention ‘video conferences with their kids or grandchildren‘. Apple, I think you made a fancy bauble for people who’re desperately staving off the realization of loneliness….like, they’re gonna die miserable and alone, and buying your trinket helps them avoid realizing that.”

     “hey, have you seen our super cool new facetime anim-oji’s? When you give a thumbs up, we green screen fireworks behind you!!!”

   • Boomerman (boomerman@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 09:42:38 JST Boomerman

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     @WashedOutGundamPilot @Shadowman311 >the only good pic is the one where gigachad doesnt have that stupid shit on his face
     Im suprised they didnt have someone soyjacking with it on. Lmao wtf is apple doing? Can we feed these people cocaine or something they fucking suck theyre totally uninteresting.
   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 09:42:38 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     @Boomerman @Shadowman311 That’s just the one Pi nabbed that showed the overarching emptiness. IN everything I see looking for shitpost material, it paints this creepy picture of these people living in well-kept mausoleum homes - no spouse, no children in the picture whatsoever. It’s kinda super depressing

   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 09:43:57 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     @Shadowman311 Pictured: People who will be found when the utilities company comes out to turn off power after 4 years of autopay runs out their account

     (their dessicated corpses will be wearing the goggles

   • Not particularly hype for current thing🍟👩‍❤️‍👨🍔 (ytfoidlover1488@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 10:05:55 JST Not particularly hype for current thing🍟👩‍❤️‍👨🍔

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     @WashedOutGundamPilot @Shadowman311 This is who it's meant for
     m.youtube.com/watch?v=UrEUzKTt7j0
     1m58s
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   • Boomerman (boomerman@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 10:50:40 JST Boomerman

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     @sickburnbro @WashedOutGundamPilot @Shadowman311 Im talking about outside their mainstays like laptops and phones. Who bought their desktop? Nobody.
   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 10:50:40 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     @Boomerman @sickburnbro @Shadowman311 Really, REALLY depends on the industry. The mac ecosystem is popular w/ our guys because ipads are the only ones to run foreflight. Music production is largely apple from what I’ve seen, with video being a split depending on the cameras, the formats they like, etc. But overall, like 60-70% of the camera companies are mac users, to the point they drop $6,00 on the pro comps for rendering.

     IDK about graphic design anymore, I don’t get the impression they’re all that monolithic, seems like a bunch moved to tablets instead of computers anyways

   • Boomerman (boomerman@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 10:50:41 JST Boomerman

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     @sickburnbro @WashedOutGundamPilot @Shadowman311 Who the fuck actually buys apple shit? Their desktop was ridiculous. I swear apple is all just bullshit and all they sell are laptops and phones. No one is paying 3500 bucks for this bullshit.
   • Sick Burn, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 10:50:41 JST Sick Burn, Bro

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     @Boomerman @WashedOutGundamPilot @Shadowman311 their non-pro end laptops are pretty common among "tech" people and "digital art" people. But those are only about 25% above a similar pc laptop.
   • Sick Burn, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 10:50:42 JST Sick Burn, Bro

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     @WashedOutGundamPilot @Boomerman @Shadowman311 for 3500 you can buy 6 ultra widescreen monitors and a graphics card to drive it and have like 6'x4' of usable space.
   • The Forbidden Dreamer (forbiddendreamer@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 12:07:32 JST The Forbidden Dreamer

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     @Boomerman @WashedOutGundamPilot @Shadowman311 I can't wait to hit them with the VR goatse.
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   • Sick Burn, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 22:41:36 JST Sick Burn, Bro

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     @WashedOutGundamPilot @Boomerman @Shadowman311 from what I've seen most of the music stuff runs fine on both nowadays, and it's a "I want to be seen" kind of thing - e.g. a dj wants to be seen using a mac (gay)
   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 22:41:36 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     @sickburnbro @Boomerman @Shadowman311 Guys aren’t picking systems clean slate though. When you have 10+ years of muscle memory, you’re fast w/ a work flow, going back to zero w/ a diff OS is pointless. Not worth the aggravation

   • Sick Burn, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 22:52:06 JST Sick Burn, Bro

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     @WashedOutGundamPilot @Boomerman @Shadowman311 for sure; the thing to pay attention to is that Apple really massively overcharges for the pro stuff because they have a fairly captive audience like that, but the huge budgets are quickly disappearing from those industries.
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   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 23:00:31 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     @sickburnbro @Boomerman @Shadowman311 It really is a hell of a thing to see them go from a relatively expandable 2009 ‘pro’ chassis - which is what my studio contact is still using in his place AFAIK - up to a 2x trash can (non-expandible, total flop) and that STILL wasn’t enough. Now they’re what, $8k? For a glorified phone cpu?

     I know someone who got the can and he’s loved it, bought one when they came out and has been using it day-in, day-out for more than 10 years w/o issue. He thinks that people will be moving into that model if they wanna stay in the ecosystem, some creatives are switching over to older cans or that square mac mini ‘studio’ they came out with a while back.

     I kinda wonder how many of those guys you could peel away if you just polished up that autokey thingy in linux - if you could provide 90% of the mac OS shortcuts and workflow, how many would be happy to leave the plantation?

   • Sick Burn, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 23:08:55 JST Sick Burn, Bro

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     @WashedOutGundamPilot @Boomerman @Shadowman311 most of the actual professional users that are dropping the 8k because of workflow and need to get stuff done would in a heartbeat.
     
     the "creatives" ones who are the glorified photoshop users types usually don't need those expensive systems and like it for how it looks on their desk.
   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jun-2023 23:08:55 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     @sickburnbro @Boomerman @Shadowman311 I’m talking about the creatives whose rate card starts at 4 figures, the video guys keep showing up w/ the macbooks whenever I come across them. I have heard some say that the M-series stuff is good enough to function as a primary, though I doubt it.

     It would be funny of the whole ‘laptop dock’ concept finally comes into its own though

   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 08-Jun-2023 00:00:34 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     @birdulon @Boomerman @Shadowman311 @sickburnbro Maybe for a single guy, but I hear nothing but nightmares from everyone with issued gear. Purchasing depts can’t seem to parse they variations at all - everyone’s having to jealously guard their own thunderbolt cables and docks or sles they get pilfered, swallowed up by a mountain of charge only/ USB2/3typeC crap with limited performance.

     The USB folks really, REALLY screwed up the branding on this whole thing, I really think they’re gonna have to just establish a THUNDERBOLT 5C or something just to unify all these standards in the public eye. Normies cannot make any sense of things

     Imagine: You are a filipina trophy wife and your boomer hubby/boss ordered you to buy “type C cables”, and doesn’t understand how anyone could pay more than $15 for a ‘charging cable’ and you’re faced with this:

   • 🐦ulon :blobshp: (birdulon@shpposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 08-Jun-2023 00:00:35 JST 🐦ulon :blobshp:

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     @WashedOutGundamPilot @Boomerman @Shadowman311 @sickburnbro >I have heard some say that the M-series stuff is good enough to function as a primary, though I doubt it.
     For audiovisual work? Easily, assuming they're buying the higher RAM configs.
     
     As much as I loved chunky laptop docks with satisfying plop and release feedback, USB-C/Thunderbolt really delivers the one cable solution. Throw in a magnet tip and you have your power, display, peripherals hanging off a very convenient connector ready to rip and go at a moment's notice. Also cuts down on connector cycle anxiety, love these little magnetic tips.
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   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 08-Jun-2023 00:07:29 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     @birdulon @sickburnbro @Boomerman @Shadowman311 More durable & robust, for one. I like a lot about type C but holy hell they look like ticking time bombs when you walk into an editing bay. doesn’t help that Apple probably didn’t solder in the receptacle for easy replacement, either. I suspect a bad type C port will require a full board replacement, in typical apple fashion.

     Older cables, enterprise gear has a lot of security built in that ensured you didn’t put too much stress on a connector, you had additional threading or locking to help alleviate stresses on it to increase port longevity. You see this catching on w/ headphones lately, too.

     Overall I’m loving type C ecosystem, but I really wanna have at least 1 port on each side of the laptop so I’m not on the road, screwed, when my single port gets ruined by some oaf yoinking the cable out sideways

   • Sick Burn, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 08-Jun-2023 00:07:31 JST Sick Burn, Bro

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     @birdulon @WashedOutGundamPilot @Boomerman @Shadowman311 I mean, it only "delivers a one cable solution" because that form delivers everything you need right now. It's just a poor idea because all single cable solutions end up failing.
     
     usb-c is just because apple is psychotic about removing physical interfaces.
   • 🐦ulon :blobshp: (birdulon@shpposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 08-Jun-2023 00:07:31 JST 🐦ulon :blobshp:

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     @sickburnbro @Boomerman @Shadowman311 @WashedOutGundamPilot what do you think traditional laptop docks did better than USB-C docks do now?
   • 🐦ulon :blobshp: (birdulon@shpposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 08-Jun-2023 00:18:12 JST 🐦ulon :blobshp:

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     @WashedOutGundamPilot @Boomerman @Shadowman311 @sickburnbro Well, any consolidating standard would just result in TB-priced cables, which the... price-sensitive types would recoil at and go back to chancing the nice cheap nondescript cables. I can agree with saying the USB folks screwed up branding, won't even need to mention any one instance, it's practically a requirement for them every time! :blobsmirk:
     Docks and chargers with fixed leads win out for reasons you've mentioned, no opportunity for people to pinch the good cables and swap in some incompatible ones. I used to leave a ThinkPad charger (rectangular tip generation) at work to save a bit of setup and packup time, was fine until we had Lenovo desktop units around the place with compatible power bricks, then my personal charger started going walkabout :(
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   • hazlin (hazlin@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Thursday, 08-Jun-2023 00:18:20 JST hazlin

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     True story, I recently tried to help someone pull some files off their phone, and there was not a single USB-C -> USB-A cord to be found, and the one he planned on using was a charging-only cable that would not let his laptop see his phone at all xD
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   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 08-Jun-2023 00:21:28 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     @birdulon @Boomerman @Shadowman311 @sickburnbro It’s a branding thing. USB collective or whatever should have made VERY clear branding differences:

     Charging only: “SECURE CHARGE” cables, bill it as a good thing that it only charges, cheapest option

     5gb speed: “Eco Speed” cables, something that retards intuit is slower than the top end ones, delineated as data transfer for copying files slowly (billed as if it’s a power-saving method)

     Keep thunderbolt as the fastest, but gate it to those that can function as daisy chained display cables.

     If they’d done something like that, we’d be in a better position. INstead we got autists trying to make logically cohesive, accurate marketing and it only serves to baffle der normienen

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     @hazlin @Boomerman @Shadowman311 @sickburnbro @birdulon The other day I was helping the ad crew out, and when they left there was a bunch of stuff left behind by the various groups that had passed through. They said it wasn’t worth the trouble shipping it back, ended up getting a nice thunderbolt 4 cable and a couple boxes of those zeiss lens wipes out of the pile. Most was garbage, but it was funny that a bunch of the older people looked at the C to C cables in bafflement asking “how would you even use this?!?!”

   • Whitewall_Blasphemy (whitewall_blasphemy@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 08-Jun-2023 00:23:37 JST Whitewall_Blasphemy

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     @WashedOutGundamPilot @birdulon @Boomerman @Shadowman311 @sickburnbro The micro superspeed was one of my favorites from the S5 galaxy and the sata2/3 adapter portable drive bays.
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     @Whitewall_Blasphemy @birdulon @Boomerman @Shadowman311 @sickburnbro when you think about it, it’s amazing how much performance they managed to wring out of USB A by the end. That thing has staying power still

   • Turdicus, of Christmas Time (turdicus@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 08-Jun-2023 00:24:28 JST Turdicus, of Christmas Time

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     @WashedOutGundamPilot @Shadowman311 This looks like something they’d put on someone to calm them down before to stick the needle in their arm to fade to black

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     @Turdicus @Shadowman311 Fact check: ur a crazy person, nobody would ever do that theres no way they just wanna save ur kidz from covid19 worst pandemic in history

     its stupid antisemitic conspiracy theory that the video shown in the goggles has the pedophile pride triangle as the magic totem the child collects to defeat the big bad guy, too, its all conspiracy theory

   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 08-Jun-2023 00:29:00 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     @birdulon @Boomerman @Shadowman311 @sickburnbro I’ve been meaning to get the magnetic things but I dread the hassle of unifying my systems all over again. I don’t like having things I have to transfer between vehicles and rooms, so in the end I need everything in….octuplicate at the minimum.

     And I’ve doubted they have the full throughput for type C, I don’t get how it can keep all 24 of those data lanes separated and connected via magnetic coupler, seems like it would be prone to cutting out when things are jostling around

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     @WashedOutGundamPilot @Boomerman @Shadowman311 @sickburnbro >More durable & robust, for one.
     I'd say it's in appearance only. Plastic locking tabs on the old Lenovo and HP docks were very fragile and prone to breaking, the many-pin connectors for port replicators also weren't great for long-term cycling and my T60 will die on the spot requiring a full battery pull to reboot if things get a little jiggly with worn-out docks. I'm concerned about USB-C cycles too since I've seen some phones get a little loose, but the Aliexpress magnetic tips have given me a lot of confidence as a convenient sacrificial adapter to keep that wear down.
     
     Screw-lock connectors were pretty nice, I still use D-Subs for some personal electronic gear. They do have the perverse effect of being a bit too strongly attached when things go wrong though, which I wouldn't really want on a laptop in most situations (yeah yeah sometimes the laptop staying connected to something is more important than it not being flung to a hard surface, but that will more likely be a ruggedized work laptop than my personal one)
     
     >I really wanna have at least 1 port on each side of the laptop
     Same, I'd like 2 per side to be a common config just for flexibility, I won't even care if they put dumb restrictions on how many can be used at a time to achieve that.
   • hazlin (hazlin@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Thursday, 08-Jun-2023 00:32:27 JST hazlin

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     tbh, I should just carry some A->C and C->A adapters.
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     @hazlin @Boomerman @Shadowman311 @sickburnbro @birdulon I just got a nice little pack for like $5 on amazon. I usually carry a little pack w/ lighting to/from C adapters too, a couple 90º and U joints for USB-Cs. It is a bit of a bummer how heavy they all are though, the ol’ “add weight to provide the illusion of quality” is strong in chinese adapters.

     The crew has been using these multi-tip kinds of things lately, too, sounds like there are a lot of cheese ones so you might be searching for a good one

   • Bill_Boone (bill_boone@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 08-Jun-2023 00:33:17 JST Bill_Boone

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     @sickburnbro @WashedOutGundamPilot @Boomerman @Shadowman311 They've built up their 'pro' user base by having decent software and selling their pro software for cheap and not charging subscriptions or for upgrades.
     
     And If you're looking at paying Adobe a subscription for Premiere, or forking out for a yearly upgrade on Cubase vs. paying more than you ought to for a Mac... well it eases the pain of that purchase.
     
     I've been a Logic Pro user and tried to switch to PC, tried using Cubase, Ableton, Reaper and everything else but nothing fit into my workflow and it just wasn't worth the time investment of learning a new workflow just to avoid buying a new Mac.
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     @Bill_Boone @sickburnbro @Boomerman @Shadowman311 It is funny how adobe made their bones on getting students into their ecosystem via piracy, only to throw it all away on SAAS. They got momentum for now, but I do notice that the young kids w/ the graphics people are better at GIMP than they are adobe. Once they age into management I see that adobe market share withering pretty quickly

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     @WashedOutGundamPilot @Boomerman @Shadowman311 @sickburnbro Yep, I have two versions on my side, the aforementioned 24pin one for my laptop, as well a decently huge stash of USB2 4pin tips+cables for my phone, all my microUSB devices and some USB-C peripherals. The latter made me happy by having those devices use the same cables, sadly they don't make compatible USB-B or miniUSB-B tips to finish off the stragglers.
     
     I haven't personally tested 40Gbit gear but I can vouch for the 24pin magnetic adapter I use working perfectly on 10Gbit gear and 20V power delivery, no stability issues with jostling short of pulling it away giving it a clean drop. The contact layout likely makes the EPR 48V mode unwise.
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   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 08-Jun-2023 01:21:00 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     @birdulon @Boomerman @Shadowman311 @sickburnbro I’ve been hoping there’s a good, unified ecosystem before buying all-in. It would be cool to see a solid, lasting format take hold so I could reliably get 10+ years out of it

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     @LukeAlmighty @WashedOutGundamPilot @Boomerman @Shadowman311 @sickburnbro snark answer: USB4 means manufacturer didn't pay for TB4 certification
     
     serious answer: USB4 can include but doesn't have to include various things that TB4 mandates. Thunderbolt docks will continue to be painfully expensive.
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     @WashedOutGundamPilot @Boomerman @Shadowman311 @sickburnbro @birdulon
     IT guy here:
     Still no idea what's the difference between thunderbolt and USB C

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     @birdulon @Boomerman @Shadowman311 @sickburnbro Oh what I would give for those old screw threads on HDMIs like we used to have on VGAs

   • pyrate : sleigh captain (pyrate@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2024 13:33:58 JST pyrate : sleigh captain

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     Well, at least Display Port has teeth.
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   • 🐦ulon :blobshp: (birdulon@shpposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 01-Feb-2024 09:54:27 JST 🐦ulon :blobshp:

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     @WashedOutGundamPilot @Boomerman @Shadowman311 @sickburnbro I've seen some companies add their own external stabilization/rigidity to otherwise flimsy connectors.
     Not too long ago I got some inline magnetic USB-C couplers and long heavy USB-C cables which showed some problems with my setup, but even plugging things in directly, the forces on the port get a bit scary and I have a few cables where the male end has a visible bend on it from cable sag. A bit of plastic holding it firmer in place sounds like a good preventative measure, and even better if it adds some secure locking with a screw or something that can wear and tear and be easily replaced separately to the hideously expensive active cable and the questionably replaceable internal port.
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   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 01-Feb-2024 09:59:43 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     @birdulon @Boomerman @Shadowman311 @sickburnbro I've thought about trying those ports out. I just assumed the magnetic stuff is charging only, since thunderbolt speeds need all those pins free and clear.

     While I generally like type C, in laptops and tablets it seems awfully exposed and there just isn't much you can do to mitigate flex and bending at the port if you're in non-standard positions.

   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 02-Feb-2024 00:47:17 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     @birdulon @Boomerman @Shadowman311 @sickburnbro I think they all really went in on apple's plans of only ever using your devices at the coffee shop or the cubicle. Nobody pays any attention to how their cables work in non-standard environments. Not fun trying to charge it while you're squashed in the jumpseat of a tiny RJ, but evidently nobody ever uses laptops off a desk

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     @WashedOutGundamPilot @Boomerman @Shadowman311 @sickburnbro Yes, it needs to be a magnetic connector that has all of the pins, unlike the charger or USB2.0 ones which only have 2 or four pins.
     
     It's a lot of pins in such a dense connector and a lot of wires in such a dense multicore cable, I recently had a "cheap" 3m USB4 cable start failing to handshake over what I can only assume was internal damage from very minor kinking (it was left loosely coiled then gradually pulled straight while moving the attached device around) and I can't think of any other consumer cable that seems this fragile. It's funny to think that it's like a 5mm thick version of those multicores which are like 15mm thick and still feel relatively fragile for stage wiring.
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