The main thing is that without any strain relief like on a bare PCB like this, USB mini seems to hold up better for almost psychological reasons. The shape make

The main thing is that without any strain relief like on a bare PCB like this, USB mini seems to hold up better for almost psychological reasons. The shape makes you tend to plug it in straight and put less pressure at an up/down angle. I actually love USB-C for similar reasons, but sending USB 2.0 signals and power over USB-C feels weirdly misleading and janky nowadays. That being said, I’m literally the guy whose semi-fringe opinions about USB ports you’re discussing, so I have a clear bias.