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@michal I agree, it’s obviously a more fragile design. Say I, typing on a phone with a busted USB-C port.
@michal Seriously?
@michal No second thoughts about e-waste, proprietary designs, or slow speeds? 🤔
@michal in my opinion lighting also sucks balls, I just want more specialized ports (like headphone jacks) and pogo pins. USB-C connector is not perfect, but the fact I can use it to get 100W power, display, bunch of periphery and 2.5 gbit ethernet to a computer - pretty amazing. Old school dock stations were better ergonomically and longevity-wise, but they were not universal, you had to get one for the laptop model.
@michal LPT was better than Lightning ofc, it was just replaced by USB (which is still better than Lightning)
@michal if I may, the correct wording is:
we loose it because Apple didn't open the patents, didn't want to make it a standard.
now, i'm fine with usb-c, it's just not built the same according to the brand, which happens also for lightning by the way, be it MFi certified or not.
@michal Never used lightning. What are the strong points? Re USB-C, tbh I am pretty happy with it, 99% of my devices support it and it mostly works. Compared to how it was before EU forced it, it's night and day..
USB-C is something fitting in a tank more than regular, everyday usage. Hard edges, annoying feeling whenever you are 1mm away from the port. Industrial.