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    [–] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    Did firewire really flop? Lots of devices from the early 2000s have it and it works really well. Everyone used it to get video from cameras and using it for target disk mode on macs is amazing

    [–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    My point was, it flopped as a standard. It's not that it's good or bad, it's just not used any more, there are no new devices with FireWire. USB killed it essentially. The same will happen with Thunderbolt, USB 3.x will kill it.

    I seriously doubt there will be something that will replace USB. It's backwards compatible to oblivion and just supports newer and newer things. It's very hard to beat that.

    [–] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    USB 3.x killing thunderbolt wouldn't make any sense, USB 4 is based on the Thunderbolt 3 spec. I would agree that USB 4 will replace Thunderbolt but only because it is Thunderbolt

    [–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

    Oh, yeah, you're right. I thought USB 3.x had Thunderbolt specs, not 4.