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My phones usbC died cause I didn't get a silicon plug for pocket lint 🤦‍♂️ and then I also decided the dedicated controller was better anyway cause -500 meg of #ccp spyware 😂🦜🧨

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 1y ago

haha, damn...

i've got usb-c dummy plugs coming in the mail soon... yeah i've had this problem with a few usb micros over the years and i hate it

the usb micro to usb C transition gave us nothing of value except reversible

the design of the apple plug was better, and my yubikeys, i have two, the usb C and usb A kind and the usb A kind has no serious risk of problems in this kind of way, and the size of usb A socket is such that such guff is easy to remove, and corrosion is unlikely to grow big enough to bridge the lines

this is what the eurocrats gave us - convenience - reversibility, but no actual increase in durability or utility, as with the apple style connector

it's insane, because literally, it just requires like 3 components in the plug side to switch off the power to one side or the other depending on where the ground contacts

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cloud fodder 1y ago

Yep I usually get by with wireless charge. But, then when you need the USB 2-3-4 years in its.ded. cause I didn't protec it enough

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 1y ago

u muss protecc

cloud fodder 1y ago

I have found the plugs now 🤦‍♂️

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 1y ago

the replacement operation is not usually that expensive... i had a phone fixed in Budapest that got gunked or otherwise messed up (micro) for 20 euros

but it's avoidable and in the circumstances i was mostly not plugging it into a charger

the simple fact is that usb micro, and to a similar but maybe lesser extent, usb C is just fucking shit design, a bunch of wires embedded in some plastic, when much more robust and time proven is the old printed circuit board etched off regime, like the apple style

cloud fodder 1y ago

It's a garbage design. Ya 😭

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 1y ago

i met a bosnian electronics tech who was able to mod standard socket and plug to make an OTG cable

idk if you have ever seen inside those bitches, man, this guy was a fucking leonardo