cm0002@lemmy.cafe to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agoNintendo is restricting the Switch 2's USB-C port — most third-party docks and accessories won't work thanks to proprietary protocolswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1296arrow-down15
arrow-up1291arrow-down1external-linkNintendo is restricting the Switch 2's USB-C port — most third-party docks and accessories won't work thanks to proprietary protocolswww.tomshardware.comcm0002@lemmy.cafe to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agomessage-square59fedilink
minus-squareHonse@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up86arrow-down1·edit-227 days agoThis shit should be illegal. Apple got smacked by the EU for this exact practice. Do we think that will applied evenly?
minus-squarePoach@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·edit-227 days agoUSB fourm should sue them for using the USB name and not bring compliant
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·27 days agolol, then they’d have no time for anything else. usb-c is so complicated that basically nobody is compliant.
minus-squareggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·27 days agoTime for USB-D. My suggestion is a ridiculous round plug where the bottom three/four contacts are a standard 3.5mm audio connector and then you have like twelve extra (narrower) contacts at the top. A TRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRS jack.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·27 days agoi think this is an old nanoraptor bit
minus-squareSonOfAntenora@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·27 days agoApple was arguably different. They pushed the lightning port bu you still had third party accessories using that or even cables.
This shit should be illegal. Apple got smacked by the EU for this exact practice. Do we think that will applied evenly?
USB fourm should sue them for using the USB name and not bring compliant
lol, then they’d have no time for anything else. usb-c is so complicated that basically nobody is compliant.
Time for USB-D.
My suggestion is a ridiculous round plug where the bottom three/four contacts are a standard 3.5mm audio connector and then you have like twelve extra (narrower) contacts at the top.
A TRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRS jack.
i think this is an old nanoraptor bit
Apple was arguably different. They pushed the lightning port bu you still had third party accessories using that or even cables.