Parent post complained about "absurd naming conventions". Those were there in USB 2.0: Low, Full and Hi speed (and with USB 3.0, Super speed) are a source of pure confusion. The messaging regarding speed versus USB revision is confusing to the public as well. Bus versus Self powered is also inpenetrable terminology to anyone who hasn't read the specification.
There are also some dubious technical decisions, even in USB 2.0. Toggle bits -- sequence numbers that have been degenerated to a single bit -- are a frequent source of headaches for device implementors, but don't provide the intended integrity improvement. The VID/PID design seemed like a good idea in the USB 0.9 days, but it soon became clear that a large number of implementors would be making very different devices based on the same silicon, and the standard never evolved. Instead of developing a proper Battery Charging device class, USB-IF gave their seal of approval to the goofy schemes the wallwart manufacturers had come up with.
And "USB as she is spoke" is worse: high-power bus-powered devices claiming to the self-powered in their descriptors, Hi speed devices with ceramic resonators, hubs that source current into their upstream ports, devices with USB A receptacles and A male to A male cables, USB-RS232 bridges that require drivers despite the existence of the CDC ACM device class, crimped shield termination on A to B cables that will satisfy EMC standards at the time of manufacturing but not a month later when the cable reaches the consumer... all bearing the USB logo... and USB-IF does nothing to address any of these situations, only caring about getting their annual blood money from licensees.
There are also some dubious technical decisions, even in USB 2.0. Toggle bits -- sequence numbers that have been degenerated to a single bit -- are a frequent source of headaches for device implementors, but don't provide the intended integrity improvement. The VID/PID design seemed like a good idea in the USB 0.9 days, but it soon became clear that a large number of implementors would be making very different devices based on the same silicon, and the standard never evolved. Instead of developing a proper Battery Charging device class, USB-IF gave their seal of approval to the goofy schemes the wallwart manufacturers had come up with.
And "USB as she is spoke" is worse: high-power bus-powered devices claiming to the self-powered in their descriptors, Hi speed devices with ceramic resonators, hubs that source current into their upstream ports, devices with USB A receptacles and A male to A male cables, USB-RS232 bridges that require drivers despite the existence of the CDC ACM device class, crimped shield termination on A to B cables that will satisfy EMC standards at the time of manufacturing but not a month later when the cable reaches the consumer... all bearing the USB logo... and USB-IF does nothing to address any of these situations, only caring about getting their annual blood money from licensees.