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Comment by laurensr

2 years ago

I can't help but dislike chips in cables

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sheepshear  2 years ago

You would probably dislike troubleshooting your connections more. In-cable redrivers are the electrical analogue of an API. They decouple the two devices and the cable from each other's bullshit.

agloe_dreams  2 years ago

Thunderbolt is an Active spec, chips are required.

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