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> I also don’t see the e-waste argument. I haven’t had a cable outlive a device. My old Nokia Micro-B cables outlived their bundled devices by a factor of… 3x
by Nullabillity 4y ago
> I also don’t see the e-waste argument. I haven’t had a cable outlive a device.
My old Nokia Micro-B cables outlived their bundled devices by a factor of… 3x or so? And I only took those out of use because I don't have a lot of stuff that still uses Micro-B.
Actually, I don't think I've ever managed to break a USB cable yet. What on earth are you doing to the things?!
- riffraff 4y agoApple cables were notoriously shitty for many years, because they didn't build strain relief into them, until a couple generations ago, and they would fray with time. I imagine this is what GP experienced, based on my experience with it on iphones and apple laptops.
- salmo 4y agoCome to think of it, I don’t break them. It’s when I let my kids borrow/take them. Except micro, those connectors just wear out in a year or two. My kids keep their tablets plugged in while using a lot of the time. I think it’s the stress on the joint from having the cable taut or yanking it around or something. I did change to making them pay for replacements. That definitely slowed the rate :).