How much of a game changer was USB-C for you, compared to other cables?

posted 17 days ago

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umbraroze@lemmy.world

4 points

15 days ago

I don’t think I’ve had a single USB-C cable/connector/socket fail yet. Which can’t be said of Micro-USB.

But other than that, meh.

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LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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15 days ago

The stability of Mini USB I liked most. Plug a PS3 controller in 100 times and it always seemed solid. Micro USB was flimsy, but I wish the would have done usb-c like the lightning connector and made it solid. I would think it would last longer that way, but I never owned an iPhone so I could be wrong. Those could be more prone to snapping, like palm trees vs pine tree.

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SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de

2 points

15 days ago

I’ve seen multiple people snap lightning plugs. Never seen a broken USBC plug yet

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JaymesRS@literature.cafe

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14 days ago

I work in a school with a 1 to 1 Chromebook program. I see them pretty regularly, mostly they are just bent hard and stop working, but I’ve seen some pretty impressive destruction.

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LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com

3 points

14 days ago

Yeah, nothing’s unbreakable. I once saw a kid shove a whole ham sandwich into a cd/optical drive. People do weird stuff. It probably would have worked afterwards too if someone cleaned the mustard off the lens. Never checked, as even back in 2006 it was rare to put CDs in school computers. The age of flash drives has already arrived.

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13 days ago

I broke 1 mini USB on my Blue Yeti over a decade ago, but no port would have been able to survive that torque, lol. Other than that, it’s usually rock solid

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