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[-] Fixbeat@lemmy.ml 19 points 9 months ago

Usb C is nice, but fragile compared to barrel adapters. I don’t know how, but my so broke two USB C tips in the last week.

[-] Magrath@lemmy.ca 10 points 9 months ago

Are you buying cheap ones? Cause I've never had one break on me. Either user error and cheap.

[-] Fixbeat@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

Me neither, but my so may not be as gentle. One of the cables was a laptop power supply, which is kind of dumb connector for a device that is likely to get jerked accidentally. Anyway, my point is that a standard barrel connector is not as delicate as usb c.

[-] uis@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I use cheap. Never had one break on me.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months 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 16 points 9 months 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 2 points 9 months ago

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

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 0 points 9 months ago

Didn't Apples cables often spontaneously melt?

[-] Astronaut_M_Dexter@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months 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.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

Could debris be getting in the connection?

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

No, I checked.

[-] Texas_Hangover@lemm.ee 0 points 9 months ago

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

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 0 points 9 months ago

Somehow my USBC lead has stopped charging my phone at high speed, it still challenges the phone but really really slowly. What the hell?

[-] uis@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Issues with CC conductors? USB PD works via CC* and USB BC works via DP/DN.

*old versions can communicate via Vbus, but it didn't become popular.

EIDT: forgot about CC

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