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> It looks ridiculous, USB ports look ridiculous anyway, flange or not, there is a reason why Apple hates them and keeps reducing their number. > It makes it
by rty76456 7y ago
> It looks ridiculous,
USB ports look ridiculous anyway, flange or not, there is a reason why Apple hates them and keeps reducing their number.
> It makes it harder to insert things into them
Not sure why he says that, I never had a problem because of the flange. If anything I would say it makes inserting easier, since it "guides" the plug into, instead of it banging against a sharp edge. My computer case has them and I can't remember any frustration.
Also, as a meta rule, if everybody does something, maybe it's not that stupid after all. It might just be that these plugs are cheaper.
- phyzome 7y agoThey look ridiculous? They're data and power ports, what do you want them to look like? Little hand-painted Mona Lisas? Do you remember what it was like before USB? Now that was ridiculous.
- burnte 7y agoIt's not the plugs, it's how they design the case that the plugs go into.
- rty76456 7y agoTo hide the flange you need to make the hole really tight. That sounds like something which would make plugging the cable harder. Looking at USB and HDMI ports around me, all have a bit of space around the connector. But I notice that HDMI plugs don't have the flange.
- mhh__ 7y ago> USB ports look ridiculous So we take features away for the same of something that only the people not using the device can see?
- baxter001 7y agoThere _is_ a reason apple has removed them, I'm not certain blunt aesthetics is the reason however.
- rty76456 7y agoApple has done much more harm in the name of aesthetics, for example the terrible recent keyboard, just to shave 0.5 mm.
- tjoff 7y ago> there is a reason why Apple hates them and keeps reducing their number. Because dongles are sexy?
- rty76456 7y agoHave you ever seen a Macbook ad with a dongle in?
- pantalaimon 7y ago( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)