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USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversible (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I think the big thing with Firewire and DisplayPort, though, is that the port isn't a rectangle. It's flush on one size and angled on the other so that you know which way it plugs in no matter what. It being non-reversible wasn't an issue because of that. USB, on the other hand, has the same shape whether it's right-side-up or upside-down.