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Author forgot to mention new MBPs dont use USB-C, they use _special Apple variant_ of USB-C. Variant that doesnt work with ordinary dongles, from hdmi dongles producing flickering mess to USB 2.0 dongles _silently corrupting files_ from pendrives.


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Not sure why your comment was down voted - http://blog.fosketts.net/2016/10/29/total-nightmare-usb-c-th...

Thats one of the ways to cope with cognitive dissonance. Its obviously slander and trolling when someone says something bad about your multi $thousand purchase.

2016 MBP corrupting files _silently_ when using third party dongle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCCvEzqDq8U&t=76m10s


Thunderbolt 3 is not a "special Apple variant". Most new high-end laptops these days have Thunderbolt 3.

https://thunderbolttechnology.net/products?tid=14&field_comp...


Let's not forget not properly shielding and some USB 3 devices killing WiFi with interference.

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