• @[email protected]
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    1911 months ago

    Usb C is nice, but fragile compared to barrel adapters. I don’t know how, but my so broke two USB C tips in the last week.

    • @[email protected]
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      1011 months ago

      Are you buying cheap ones? Cause I’ve never had one break on me. Either user error and cheap.

      • @[email protected]
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        311 months ago

        Me neither, but my so may not be as gentle. One of the cables was a laptop power supply, which is kind of dumb connector for a device that is likely to get jerked accidentally. Anyway, my point is that a standard barrel connector is not as delicate as usb c.

      • @uis
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        111 months ago

        I use cheap. Never had one break on me.

    • SokathHisEyesOpen
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      11 months ago

      USB-C seems to break way more often than micro-usb or the Apple connector ever did. For me the connectors will look fine, but the cable burns out or something. I stopped buying cheap cables on Amazon, and at the gas station, they don’t last.

      Edit: some of you need to chill the fuck out with the voting buttons. What’s your rational? “I like USB-C, so I downvote a motherfucker!”. I like it too, but haven’t had good luck with longevity. I specifically said “for me”, as in “my experience with it so far”.

      • @TwanHE
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        1611 months ago

        Idk what your doing to your poor usb c connectors. But they are way more durable than micro usb or the apple headers ever were.

      • Astro Mike
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        411 months ago

        I’ve noticed the opposite. I’ll use a Micro-USB cable for 1-2 years (sometimes less) and it’ll always start having flaky connections requiring more and more jiggles to get working. I’ve used the same USB-C cable for a bit over 5 years and it works as well as the day I bought it.

      • @[email protected]
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        011 months ago

        Micro USB was the bastard child of Loki, and a glass cactus that can only be inserted one way up your ass.

    • Echo Dot
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      011 months ago

      Somehow my USBC lead has stopped charging my phone at high speed, it still challenges the phone but really really slowly. What the hell?

      • @uis
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        11 months ago

        Issues with CC conductors? USB PD works via CC* and USB BC works via DP/DN.

        *old versions can communicate via Vbus, but it didn’t become popular.

        EIDT: forgot about CC