doragasu , Englisch
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USB-C in a nutshell

fi ,
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@doragasu Is this a ’USB-C extension cord’? Because I once bought one and it had a sticker like this, and then I learned extension cords are actually out of spec and can be dangerous…

doragasu OP ,
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@fi Yes it is

lina ,
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@doragasu @fi Yeah, that's why then... They only connect one set of pins on the receptacle end so if the plug side doesn't have the same orientation, 2.0 doesn't work.

I think you can actually get special cables with both 2.0 pin sets wired through independently, but they're rare and expensive since it's a nonstandard cable build.

Type C extension cables are really dodgy and non-compliant either way so...

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