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This is nothing new. You can buy these USB cable testers on Amazon or directly from Alibaba. They just put some fancy visualization on top so you don't have to look up what the individual LEDs on the tester mean.
As others have generally noted about Kickstarter, this is just another scam with cheap Chinese gadgets.
The thing is from Austria though?
I just bought an expensive c-type ($18) which said superfast on its packing only to found out now its charging speed is super slow: more than 3 hrs to charge my phone while another c-type I have does it in less than 1.5 hrs.
Yeah, unfortunately fast data and fast charging are two independent characteristics...
i know the cable is a piece of shit because i plug it into my camera and it doesn't do anything
Sounds and reads as a solid product idea.
Will this just become obsolete the next time they update usb c to support something new? A tester that goes out of date as quickly as the cables it's testing feels pretty pointless to me
It doesn't loose its ability to tell all the variations up to the point in time.
For the switch to 240W USB-C it may become obsolote but at least you will know they are 100W and 10gbit capable?
Aren't we all going to die one day? Doing anything to improve one's life seems pretty pointless to me.
Yeah, but I take it you're not planning on dying next year...
I plan to live forever or die trying
You don't know me
Username definitely checks out
Imagine the world if USB cables where properly labeled.
Hmm... This looks like something that could just work as software on a PC, or as an app on a phone. I'd be surprised if it doesn't already exist.
You need both ends of the cable connected, so the phone is out. And even on PC, I'm not sure if it would work with the USB drivers in-between the software and the actual ports
Fuck Kickstarter.
Why?
90% of the projects are scams and have been for years.
Guess I've only been supporting the 10%
There's only one thing I can think of that actually succeeded out of Kickstarter, and that's the Pebble watch. Still the best smartwatch ever made imo
The most successful Kickstarter in history (so far) was Brandon Sanderson’s “Secret Project.” He had written four novels during the pandemic which were not written for or promised to any publisher, so they did a Kickstarter to publish them through Dragonsteel, his company, and added on things like monthly loot boxes, digital editions, etc.
Raised over $40 million dollars (some of which they used to fund almost every publishing project on Kickstarter at the time, which was pretty cool).
Other than some snafus with manufacturing (getting the fancy colored pages from the printer to the binder took longer than anticipated, so the first book didn’t reach people until a month or two late, and instead they moved up the boxes planned for February to January, March to February, etc.) the delivery went really well. I have my four high-quality hardcover copies displayed proudly in my living room, and I have various Cosmere-related merch all over the house.
Of course, Sanderson already had an audience and a company. The Kickstarter let them do something they hadn’t done previously, but he obviously would’ve been able to publish those books through one of the publishers he works with regardless. Still, it was fun to be a part of community funding for something I was excited about.
Eh, I have a few things from Kickstarter that were successful. Exploding Kittens is probably the most successful one of all the ones I own.
Oh, I didn't know that started on Kickstarter
...so which website should I use for my next scam as a substitute for Kickstarter?
IndieGoGo
That's even worse!
Solar Freakin' Roadways!
Good to know, thanks
