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Same exact thing on my yubikey. It seems like it makes much more sense to have the cable part not crushable

by klysm 4y ago

Miraste 4y ago
Counterpoint: in USB-C, the crushable, breakable part with the spring is in the cable. With Lightning, it's in the $1500 phone. Yubikeys are an unfortunate edge case but normally it's a lot easier to get a new cable.
- klysm 4y ago
  The receptacle of USB-C is just as crushable as lightning ports no?
- graphe 4y ago
  $1500? Be realistic, there's a $30,000 Android phone but you don't quote that on every Android phone. Most iPhones are free-700 at most. I have NEVER had a single lightning port go bad. Ever. MiniUSB either. Countless microUSB ports and USB-C cables and ports have been destroyed with normal use.
  - kuschku 4y ago
    > Most iPhones are free Oh? If that's so, I'd like to take 5. Please send them to me, thanks! As they're free, there's no reason not to do so, right?
    - graphe 4y ago
      Many iPhones are free in the US since they're given away or hand me downs, only the hand me down was 2 years old and still good. If you had asked earlier, or was around me you would have gotten a 6S and 6+.
  - Miraste 4y ago
    I can only match anecdote with anecdote, but I've seen two Lightning ports fail and zero USB-C. Micro-usb did have a tendency to break but not more than mini-usb, and that's not anecdotal-- the port design was so prone to failure USB-IF redesigned it (it was still prone to failure but slightly less so).
    - graphe 4y ago
      How did they fail? Usually failures are just dusty insides. I've seen two "fail" and I'd fix them by using a toothpick. I want to like USB-C because it's universal but it just breaks so easily. If they make a good mangentic one all is forgiven, I'm using a non standard "dangerous" one to alleviate it's fragility.
  - projektfu 4y ago
    If storage space matters, you have to pay for it. Up to $2,000. In some markets (Brazil) most iPhones are twice the price of the same phone in the US on a dollar basis.

Same exact thing on my yubikey. It seems like it makes much more sense to have the cable part not crushable

by klysm 4y ago

Same exact thing on my yubikey. It seems like it makes much more sense to have the cable part not crushable

Counterpoint: in USB-C, the crushable, breakable part with the spring is in the cable. With Lightning, it's in the $1500 phone. Yubikeys are an unfortunate edge case but normally it's a lot easier to get a new cable.

klysm 4y ago
The receptacle of USB-C is just as crushable as lightning ports no?
graphe 4y ago
$1500? Be realistic, there's a $30,000 Android phone but you don't quote that on every Android phone. Most iPhones are free-700 at most. I have NEVER had a single lightning port go bad. Ever. MiniUSB either. Countless microUSB ports and USB-C cables and ports have been destroyed with normal use.
- kuschku 4y ago
  > Most iPhones are free Oh? If that's so, I'd like to take 5. Please send them to me, thanks! As they're free, there's no reason not to do so, right?
  - graphe 4y ago
    Many iPhones are free in the US since they're given away or hand me downs, only the hand me down was 2 years old and still good. If you had asked earlier, or was around me you would have gotten a 6S and 6+.
- Miraste 4y ago
  I can only match anecdote with anecdote, but I've seen two Lightning ports fail and zero USB-C. Micro-usb did have a tendency to break but not more than mini-usb, and that's not anecdotal-- the port design was so prone to failure USB-IF redesigned it (it was still prone to failure but slightly less so).
  - graphe 4y ago
    How did they fail? Usually failures are just dusty insides. I've seen two "fail" and I'd fix them by using a toothpick. I want to like USB-C because it's universal but it just breaks so easily. If they make a good mangentic one all is forgiven, I'm using a non standard "dangerous" one to alleviate it's fragility.
- projektfu 4y ago
  If storage space matters, you have to pay for it. Up to $2,000. In some markets (Brazil) most iPhones are twice the price of the same phone in the US on a dollar basis.