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Comment by titzer

5 years ago

Both generations of magsafe adapters were by far superior to USB-C. I feel like both ends are pretty fragile now.

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kalleboo  5 years ago

With MagSafe I was replacing the adapter yearly. With USB-C, I bought third party USB-C cables that are braided and have (gasp) strain-relief, and they hold up great.

Reason077  5 years ago

I don't find USB-C fragile at all. I don't think I've ever had a USB-C connector break and I've been using them for, what, about 5 years now?

Of course, there's always the risk of tripping on a cable and sending a laptop or phone flying, which MagSafe mitigated. But the USB-C cable also disconnects at both ends which helps a bit. And I think we spend less time charging in general now days. Laptop batteries were pretty terrible back in 1999 compared to the all-day battery life of our modern M1 Macs :)

  • titzer  5 years ago

    I've broken at least one micro USB port and I've had a couple close calls with the Macbook USB-C power cable that the poor notebook's life flashed before my eyes.

codesnik  5 years ago

but now you can switch them. twice the longevity! just kidding, I recently wrapped both ends in shrinking tubes, seem to stop fraying (for now)

  • Reason077  5 years ago

    At least you only need to replace the cable now. Back in the day, you had to replace the entire adapter when the plug end inevitably started fraying.