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USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversible (2019) (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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.