What purpose would this be used for?

Interstellar_1@pawb.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 323 points –

I found it at the dollar store.

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It turn@ a usb extension cable into a regular usb

I guess that could be a use case?

Or turn 2 extension cords into a long one.

But a serious answer is that these are sometimes sold in a kit of adapters that would let you change the head. Most kits like used a normal cord as the base cord, but some used USB extension cords as the base cord. So this is meant to be a replacement part, not useful in its own right.

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wouldn't that just make this thing longer? we'd still have the same problem

There are female-female USB extension cables. As to why those exist...

They are good for wifi/bt/radio usb receivers used for keyboard/mouse/gamepads...so they can be in a better place like higher or further.

Those still need to get plugged in to the device somehow lol

Yeah.... honestly somehow I missed the female-female part 😂 I thought it was male-female.

Well then it's used in combination with a male male for sure otherwise yeah O don't see any use unless there is some weird device with male input.

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