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Comment by Ntrails

20 hours ago

> Are we in a better place because the EU forced it. You betcha. That's the point.

Speak for yourself, I've gained nothing but annoyance. (I'm willing to accept a theoretical greater good argument - but I'm not precisely sold)

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hilbert42  20 hours ago

What exactly is your specific annoyance?

  • Uvix  19 hours ago

    USB-C ports are more fragile than Lightning - one of the three ports on my laptop will no longer hold cables in place anymore. It also requires more precise alignment to get the cable plugged in.

    • dijit  19 hours ago

      I agree, and it preceeded USB-C. It came out in a market that was almost overwhelmingly USB Micro B; which was an extremely terrible connector.

      Apple really fucked up by keeping the connector proprietary. Sure it helped them slim some phones but it didn't exactly help long term, and now we have a technologically inferior connector that took even longer to come to market.

      I can't forgive Apple for that.

      Good engineering, early to market, mired by greedy and short sighted businessmen.

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    • hilbert42  11 hours ago

      Right, I'm no fan of USB-C either. One knows why the USB alliance keeps designing such shitty connectors. After so many attempts they've got it right—it's the cheapest crappy design they could get away with.

    • wao0uuno  19 hours ago

      Apple USB-C ports and plugs are superb so maybe the design is not so bad. Maybe most manufacturers just use crappy ports to save a few cents. But yeah, mechanically Lightning was awesome. Great plug/port.

  • 0x3f  19 hours ago

    Lack of incentive for technological development beyond the current required standard.