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I make custom cables for the film industry. Some of the cables I make are ave $250 and they’re not even smart cables. Those UsB cables are not just a wire they’re a communication interface embedded in them.
I would expect there are much more expensive cables involved too. I work in the metrology (not meteorology) world using lasers to make extremely precise measurements and one of the cables on our equipment is a good 1800 bucks to replace if it gets damaged.
I don’t like the idea of something designed to be dangly and in the way containing a $1800 communication interface. Make the cable a dumb wire, protect the expensive part in an enclosure.
That was pretty cool. $129 for a cable is excessive, but I guess there is a lot of engineering in it.
I make custom cables for the film industry. Some of the cables I make are ave $250 and they’re not even smart cables. Those UsB cables are not just a wire they’re a communication interface embedded in them.
I would expect there are much more expensive cables involved too. I work in the metrology (not meteorology) world using lasers to make extremely precise measurements and one of the cables on our equipment is a good 1800 bucks to replace if it gets damaged.
I don’t like the idea of something designed to be dangly and in the way containing a $1800 communication interface. Make the cable a dumb wire, protect the expensive part in an enclosure.