• SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.ml
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    1 year 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@lemmy.world
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      1 year 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.

      • Damage@slrpnk.net
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        1 year ago

        USB-C is not just more durable than micro, it’s many times more durable!

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        1 year ago

        Didn’t Apples cables often spontaneously melt?

    • Astro Mike@lemmy.world
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      1 year 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.

    • Texas_Hangover@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

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