Comment on The EU common charger : USB-C

• AntY@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨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.

  source

  • only0218@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have yet to see an broken USB c contact

    source

    • Welt@lazysoci.al ⁨10⁩ ⁨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.

      source

      • only0218@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Interesting, in what kind do they fail? It’s sad that the bill didn’t introduce an replacement way.

        source
• grayman@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨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.

  source

  • only0218@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That sounds like buying cheap getting cheap. Good USB c cables from ugreen and similar aren’t that expensive in my experience.

    source

    • grayman@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨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.

      source

      • only0218@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Personally all lightning cables I’ve seen have been damaged in some way. Those weren’t my cables tho. And regarding USB c haven’t had a failure either.

        source