It’s fucking hilarious to me that the USB consortium ever allowed Universal Serial Bus cables to be made without the serial part (data transfer)
USB-C anything requires a minimum of 2.0 which is how Micro should have always been.
You reminded me to fit some tape in my phone’s MicroUSB port, so the cable actually sits in somewhat properly. edit: I fucked it up, but it’s still better.
Fuck those things man
I have never upvoted something so hard.
I’ve used more usb gadgets than most people, as I deal with electronics a lot, but I never had a single problem with micro usb. Not sure why people hate it so much.
So you’re a practiced expert and cannot understand how those who are not practiced experts can have trouble?
Well I’m not sure it takes an expert to master a plug.
But I’d understand the hate if it was universal (pun maybe intended), but everyone that hates micro-usb seems to adore usb-c, while I feel like it’s potentially much more fragile. When handling usb-c I always use a lot more delicate care than I ever did with micro-usb. Mostly because even though I’m pretty good at soldering very tiny things, I’m not confident I could replace most usb-c receptacles without messing it up.
Usb-C is way more robust. It’s thicker, stronger, goes in both ways, has no moving parts. Micro USB is thin, flimsy, has stupid spring tabs that weaken pretty quickly and result in a cord that just falls out of your device when you pick it up while it’s plugged in. Fuck micro USB.
