HDMI should have made it easy to see what cable is supporting what.
The HDMI versioning chaos did not help.
The worst is still USB 3.1 Gen 2.1 Hyper Giga Super Speed Mark II
The HDMI versioning chaos did not help.
The worst is still USB 3.1 Gen 2.1 Hyper Giga Super Speed Mark II
Even us tech people find it difficult. Small rant - I have the M1 Max MacBook which comes with “USB4”. I remember at some point getting a SanDisk external “USB4” ssd which claimed 20Gb/s, you would think it should all work together. But no, apparently the ssd needed 3.2 2x2 support, which the Mac doesn’t implement, since it’s apparently only a optional part of USB4 spec…
One other funny thing - Apple’s page for “Identify the ports on your Mac” has 5 separate entries that are all USB-C shape. https://support.apple.com/en-us/109523
But I've never actually read a Thunderbolt spec, so I can't be sure exactly what disqualifies those "Thunderbolt / USB 4" from being advertised with a more recent Thunderbolt version number.
No one would listen. You wont even find people supporting these scenerio as a problem on HN. Before 2022, 99.9999% of HN and generally all tech comments somehow thought it will all be Thunderbolt speced.
What makes it even worst is that Apple falls into the same trap as the rest of Internet / Tech / HN. I can almost guarantee this wont happen under Steve Jobs.
Unfortunately that battle is long lost. The world will have to suffer enough pain before it can learn and do something.