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Every battery & charger & their uncle is adding retractable cables. I get the attraction, but I detest it! USB-C male jacks are designed to fail. All of these
by jauntywundrkind 1y ago
Every battery & charger & their uncle is adding retractable cables.
I get the attraction, but I detest it! USB-C male jacks are designed to fail. All of these systems are designed to fail!
Thankfully usb-c's a lot more rugged, lasts a lot longer than previous designs. But there's still limits! Throwing out a whole charger or battery because the cable goes bad like this is so gross. Ideally there'd be a design where the retractable cable could appear built-in, but would at least be replaceble. That would be fine! But this retractable cable trend: it's a forced push towards disposable electronics.