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USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversible (2019)

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USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversible

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USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversible (2019)

www.pcgamer.com /usb-inventor-explains-why-the-connector-was-not-designed-to-be-reversible/

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USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversible

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USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversible

www.pcgamer.com /usb-inventor-explains-why-the-connector-was-not-designed-to-be-reversible/

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A whole ass article and web page that can be summed up in three words:
It was cheaper
- Thanks
- So true. Someone needs to make a Web extension hat just crowdsources the awnser. Like: "You wouldn't belive hat happened next" "He Fell asleep. Read here how and why, if you like:"
'we didn't realise it looks identical on both sides'
I wonder if they actually considered a reversible design of if this is just being said in hindsight. Reversible connectors were never really a thing I remember hearing about the USB was in its infancy. VGA, DVI, serial, parallel, PS/2, joystick... Nothing was reversible nor was it expected to be.