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[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 62 points 9 months ago (11 children)

Gotta love troubleshooting your data connection before you realize you grabbed a power only cable.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 26 points 9 months ago (10 children)

Such things should not be allowed to exist.

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 39 points 9 months ago (8 children)

No, there's a good reason for them to exist, but they should be marked as such.

[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

I think power only cables should exist because they are significantly cheaper, but they should have some kind of marking to differentiate them enforced by the standard

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