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The EU has finally won this one! (feddit.de)

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[-] stebo02@sopuli.xyz 21 points 1 year ago

It is reversible and consistent

consistent in what?

[-] cujo@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 year ago

Consistent in frying pins and fraying cables.

[-] Fuzzypyro@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I worked cellular retail for 8 years I’ve never really seen fried pins on iPhones. The frayed cables are pretty much inevitable especially if it is apples first party cables. Shockingly I have had contamination in usbc ports though. It caused several devices of mine to no longer charge due to corrosion. Still not sure what exactly caused it but I suppose it was juice from a vape that leaked into the connector. Basically fried my laptop c ports, my iPads port and my pixel’s port. I still think the move to c was pretty necessary.

Only complaint is cables that have contaminants can easily travel between devices now.

Other than that the protocol support is all over the place.

[-] cujo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Everyone I know who uses an iPhone has had fried pins on the cable, not necessarily on their device. No one I know personally has had any issues with USB-C.

Though both experiences are anecdotal, I think we can take this away from our conversation at least: no cable design is perfect. Lol!

[-] ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

Consistent in that they used the same type of charger for almost all their devices after they established it. Mini-USB outdoes them in ubiquity, but the connector is usually a piece of shit.