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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (17 children)

Ok, I have to take issue with this. I will never be an apple user, but until USB-C came out I was honestly jealous of the lightning cable. It is reversible and consistent, two things other phone chargers never were. Sure, for data transfer it's outdated as hell now, but it is still good enough for most uses

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (7 children)

It is reversible and consistent

consistent in what?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Consistent in that they used the same type of charger for almost all their devices after they established it. Mini-USB outdoes them in ubiquity, but the connector is usually a piece of shit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mini-USB wasn't very common. Micro-USB was common.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Right, that one. My point about micro-usb being good pretty much only because everyone uses it still stands. USB-C fixed all of my problems with it.

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