Apple sold keyboard extensions and I use them to plug memory sticks into TVs without having to hunt down the socket in the back of the damn tv. But I had one before that that came with a WiFi dongle way back in the day too.
Technically the Apple ones have a notch to prevent non keyboards from fitting in, but a pair of pliers and a gentle squeeze removes the notch in the female end quite easily.
I have at least a dozen USB A extension cables at work that supposedly don’t exist then.
They are against the spec, but they exist
So wrong. So dirty.
You fucking criminal
Apple sold keyboard extensions and I use them to plug memory sticks into TVs without having to hunt down the socket in the back of the damn tv. But I had one before that that came with a WiFi dongle way back in the day too.
Technically the Apple ones have a notch to prevent non keyboards from fitting in, but a pair of pliers and a gentle squeeze removes the notch in the female end quite easily.
I’ve got a webcam plugged into a daisy chain of USB A extension cables 15 feet (4.5 meters) long across a room. Works fine, surprisingly.
USB-IF thinks they don’t, yes.
*shouldn’t exist.
I’m the same with adaptors though.
Also I have on more than one occasion used soap as lube out of desperation. I do not recommend.