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rumba@lemmy.zip
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Burn all the USBC cables with fire except PD. The top PD cable does everything the lower cable does.

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ripcord@lemmy.world
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There are many PD cables that are bad for doing data.

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disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
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Correct. The other commenter is giving bad advice.

Both power delivery and bandwidth are backwards compatible, but they are independent specifications on USB-C cables. You can even get PD capable USB-C cables that don’t transmit data at all.

Also, that’s not true for Thunderbolt cables. Each of the 5 versions have specific data and power delivery minimum and maximum specifications.

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GamingChairModel@lemmy.world
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You can even get PD capable USB-C cables that don’t transmit data at all.

I don’t think this is right. The PD standard requires the negotiation of which side is the source and which is the sink, and the voltage/amperage, over those data links. So it has to at least support the bare minimum data transmission in order for PD to work.

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shatteredsword@lemmy.world
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You forgot thunderbolt and usb4 exists now

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kalleboo@lemmy.world
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True but pretty much the only devices that need those are high-end SSDs and laptop docks and in both cases you just leave the cable with the device rather than pulling it out of your generic cables drawer.

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rumba@lemmy.zip
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You forgot thunderbolt and usb4 exists now

You can buy a single cable that does 40GB and USB4 and charges at 240w.

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Janovich@lemmy.world
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IDK I’ve had PD cables that looked good for a while but turns out their data rate was basically USB2. It seems no matter what rule of thumb I try there are always weird caveats.

No, I’m not bitter, why would you ask that?

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