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USB-C hubs and my slow descent into madness (overengineer.dev)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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via https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30911598

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Who needs the metaverse? We already live in virtual reality of brands. In the end it is just the same bunch of people in China with a label printer :D

BTW: Interesting documentary related to this: Shenzhen - The Silicon Valley of Hardware

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Searching on Aliexpress, I found several USB-C hubs with the same case, same specs, and probably the same components… for 10 euros a piece. Paying 90 euros just because some company printed their logo on it feels… wrong.