• SSTF@lemmy.world
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        2 years ago

        12 yards long, 2 lanes wide, 65 tons of American pride! Macro USB! Macro USB! Top of the line. Unexplained fires are a matter for the courts!

  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
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    2 years ago

    What I want is to be able to retrofit usb-c onto my older stuff.

    I was kinda annoyed at having to switch, but it really is better in every way

  • Hjalmar@feddit.nu
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    2 years ago

    Nah, what about if we just use a even mix of all usb types and then ensure that half of all cables sold don’t have data pins?

  • wheeldawg@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 years ago

    C is better than any other type of USB in literally every way possible. There’s not even an argument to be made. Go on, I’ll wait.

    • FireRetardant@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      Most of my flashlights and rechargeable decives are micro USB still. C is superior but I’m not throwing away good electronics over a charging cable.

        • FireRetardant@lemmy.world
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          2 years ago

          In some senses i would go back. Then i could just keep using 1 wire. Things were great when everything had the same cable for me. Now ive got a mix of micro and C.

          I do a lot backpacking and every gram really counts when you carry it all day.

      • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
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        2 years ago

        I was just thinking that the only device that’s still micro USB is my Kindle, but remembered that I also have a PS4 controller

      • MrJameGumb@lemmy.world
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        2 years ago

        Well in this scenario it’s a genie granting a wish, so why not just wish for everything to be changed to USB-C?

      • Dkarma@lemmy.world
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        2 years ago

        Early 2000s nerdcore tech lovers unite! Get out your 640x480 digital camera and cf cards!

  • Norodix@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I liked microusb. I don’t know what everyone is doing with their connectors, but I never had any contact issues.

    • pacmondo@sh.itjust.works
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      2 years ago

      All I know is no matter how careful I was, it would end up not connecting unless it was held at exactly the right angle. I’ve yet to have a single USB-C connector have the issue

      • BubbleMonkey@slrpnk.net
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        2 years ago

        I’ve had it with shoddy c ports on various devices, including a phone (thankfully had wireless charging also). The connection pin thingy breaks off pretty easily, and causes the same issue you described for several weeks/months ahead of the actual breakoff, where it has to be in exactly the right position (and wiggling it to hit the right position obviously exacerbates the problem).

        I’ve actually bought some magnetic chargers for the more fragile electronics, so I never have to put strain on the port…

        • pacmondo@sh.itjust.works
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          2 years ago

          We must be buying different USB-C cables, then. I’ve been using anker ones for years and havent had a single break like that, and I’m definitely not gentle with mine.

    • kubica@fedia.io
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      2 years ago

      I would like to know what I’m doing with the connectors too, dammit.

      I don’t blame any connector, all of them end up the same for me. Externally in good condition but the conductivity the poorest.

    • Halosheep@lemm.ee
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      2 years ago

      Every phone I’ve ever replaced was replaced because the micro USB broke. Now with how fast charging is I don’t even use my phone while it’s charging, but I still don’t expect the USB-C to be the part that gives out first.

      • Norodix@lemmy.world
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        2 years ago

        I think the real solution is repairable gadgets. A microusb port costs pennies and if the phones were repairable at all, it would be a 5 minute solder job. The same is true for USB C as well. It might be more durable, but it can still break and it feels so stupid to replace a decive because a single cheap part broke.

    • Dkarma@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      At least mini is robust. Micro had that tiny tab that always got damaged after a year or less cuz you inevitably tried to plug that mf in backwards

      • LANIK2000@lemmy.world
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        2 years ago

        I don’t think I ever managed to break it by plugging it in backwards, but they indeed brake constantly. Mine would always bend since they were so bloody thin. The only micro usb cable that didn’t break is the one going to my PC tablet, which I barely move, every other one got bumped around enough, either in my backpack or just charging in bed/on the couch, to eventually break the contacts within a year or 2, 3 max.

        I once got an adapter as a kid to plug in a controller, was super exited until I dropped it and stepped on it by accident with my naked squishy child feet, probably the fastest I ever broke one of these. Like what the actual fuck? Micros sucks so much!

      • nilclass@discuss.tchncs.de
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        2 years ago

        Yeah, mini is the best! It is robust and has a ahape that makes it easy to figure out which way to plug it. I love it when i fet a device with a mini

        • RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          2 years ago

          has a ahape that makes it easy to figure out

          May I introduce you to USB C then where it doesn’t fucking matter how you plug it? I definitely prefer mini over the micro abomination but it’s not “the best”.

          • bleistift2@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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            2 years ago

            I see you don’t work IT where the solition to “my docking station isn’t working” always, always, always is “rotate the USB-C cable”.

            I am not kidding. Vendors fuck this up either because they’re dumb or because they want to cheap out (why make sure both work if they’re interchangeable?)