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The move to USB C as a generic DC power standard is fantastic, at least as a consumer. I'm 100% on the USB C bandwagon. Even my coffee scale and room temperature gauge charge through USB C. Going from the days of eight different poorly designed AC->DC adapters with barrel jacks, this is heaven.

USB PD has it's quirks, that's definitely true, but I'll take it over the alternatives any day if I can use it on all my devices.




I am generally in the same boat, but I'll admit that I love my Macbook which can charge over either USB-C or the Magsafe (with USB-C at the other end), because I basically never worry about breaking the power connector when I'm using the Magsafe, but can still charge over USB-C as well.


Is magsafe 3 actually anything more than the VBUS and CC pins for usb-c in a custom form factor? Apple od course doesn't document it, and I can't find any solid reverse engineering blogs about magsafe 3 (just magsafe 1 & 2).

I assume apple still has parents here (magsafe is less than twenty years old), but I can't wait for a standardized USB-M magnetic charging connector.




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