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		alliao on July 22, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Kawaii – A Keychain-Sized Nintendo Wii switch was ancient tech, but still predates usb-c enough that they're rolling their own power protocols.. hence deluge of broken switch on ebay with fried usb-c ports...

Andrex on July 23, 2024 [–]

Switch in no way predated USB-C, even talking widespread support... Nintendo rolled their own protocol because they could and USB allows for it.

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