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0 pointscrazygringo6y ago0 comments

> The connectors become loose and come out with little resistance.

Seems to me on laptops that's a good thing, so if you trip over the cable the connector is more likely to come out, than the laptop crashing down?

I don't really ever move my laptop around while anything is plugged into it, so I think that's the right tradeoff.

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saagarjha6y ago

USB C is no MagSafe.

crazygringoOP6y ago

Nobody's saying it is. But surely if USB-C is a little bit closer to MagSafe in terms of coming out a little more easily, that's a good thing?

Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

saagarjha6y ago

The problem with USB C is that it carries data as well, so the easier you make it able to fall out the more likely it’s going to do so when you’re trying to run bits through it.

jhayward6y ago

I think it's more like whitewashing - where the 'meh' is the enemy of 'better, and already exists and works'

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0 pointscrazygringo6y ago0 comments

> The connectors become loose and come out with little resistance.

Seems to me on laptops that's a good thing, so if you trip over the cable the connector is more likely to come out, than the laptop crashing down?

I don't really ever move my laptop around while anything is plugged into it, so I think that's the right tradeoff.

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saagarjha6y ago

USB C is no MagSafe.

crazygringoOP6y ago

Nobody's saying it is. But surely if USB-C is a little bit closer to MagSafe in terms of coming out a little more easily, that's a good thing?

Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

saagarjha6y ago

The problem with USB C is that it carries data as well, so the easier you make it able to fall out the more likely it’s going to do so when you’re trying to run bits through it.

jhayward6y ago

I think it's more like whitewashing - where the 'meh' is the enemy of 'better, and already exists and works'

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse