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[-] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 100 points 1 year ago

Lightning was significantly ahead of the competition when it came out in 2012. Micro-USB is a terrible collection of ports. C came out two years later though, and quickly surpassed Lightning in almost every way.

[-] WaLLy3K@infosec.pub 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The amount of USB type ports I've seen where the 'tongue' has been absolutely mangled is mind boggling — an issue that Lightning completely bypassed.

For example, I'm repairing some kids PS5 and both back USB ports have had their pins twisted and the plastic snapped off. The HDMI port pins are lifting from the mainboard and the front of the unit is scratched to high hell. I see some of the worst treated tech at my job, and those plastic bits get damaged a lot. While Apple needed to move to USB-C six years ago with the iPhone X, I will respect Lightning for this one thing.

[-] null_recurrent@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

And yet I never have USBC problems, but had multiple I phones that started failing to charge via the wired port.

[-] Cube6392@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

i havent had a usb-c cable go bad from anything but a cat chewing on it. The ports on the other hand...

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