Because crosstalk on 2 or 4 wires is way easier to deal with then on
2418 wiresWho’s got 24 wires?
USB C
Forgive the pedantry, but the USB-C standard is 18 wires (feeding 24 pins).
Dang, you are right.
No! I still shudder to think of how those phone cords stole my innocence of intractable topology problems.
Fatigued, I sometimes ask myself why I still bother exploring the ruins of the information super highway. Then I come across a post like this and let out a hearty laugh! Thank you, friend.
Glad to hear it!
They do make coiled USB-C cables. I got one for my laptop on Aliexpress.
Because you wouldn’t buy another one
They can. But then you won’t have to keep giving them money.
Imo, it is about the durability of ports as well. You make cable too tough, you may damage the C port. And not everyone has the tools to fix it. Kinda the torx tradeoff, you destroy bits, but the impact drill and screws are fine. More “easily” recoverable damage at the cost of cables. They ain’t cheap though.
The cause is very likely just mundane - phone cord manufacturing supply chains disintegrated as landline phones themselves disappeared, so that kind of cabling just isn’t economical anymore to scale for commodity use. Deviating from standards is expensive.
