I don’t agree. First of all, you always had to be careful to plug it in the right way up and over time the little hooks on the connector always wore out much faster than with usb-c so the cable would come loose and you’d wind up with a phone that wasn’t charged in the morning.
Comment on The EU common charger : USB-C
AntY@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Unpopular opinion: I prefer micro-usb.
e_mc2@feddit.nl 8 months ago
stephen01king@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
Why?
AntY@lemmy.world 8 months ago
They’re smaller so there is less dirt and stuff that gets in. I also think that I’ve been unlucky with my usb-c devices, since the contact seems to break often.
only0218@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
I have yet to see an broken USB c contact
Welt@lazysoci.al 8 months ago
A lot of USB receiving end ports break. It’s a problem with the hp laptops at my work. Unless they have another laptop I could use (cloud-based so swapping isn’t a problem, but laptop inventory is), then we have to put into it. It’s not the plug (male end), it’s the port (female end) that fails first, which is much worse.
grayman@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It’s a lot harder to find good cables. The connector wears out fairly quickly. C can be better, but cheapness makes it worse in many cases.
only0218@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
That sounds like buying cheap getting cheap. Good USB c cables from ugreen and similar aren’t that expensive in my experience.
grayman@lemmy.world 8 months ago
They all wear. C seems to wear faster and easier. I’m buying the “good” cables. Only stuff with really high reviews (score and count), such as ugreen. The better quality so last a lot longer, but not as long as other formats. I have 10 year old lightning cables. I can’t get more than a couple years out of a C cable.