yea. great. now we have a plug that looks the same but has a million different kinds of standards. hooray
I have one very nice USB C made from the softest silicon rubber. It feels premium, never kinks and it is tough like nylon rope. It has max specs for USB C for power delivery and data transfer and it cost me $30.
All the others are freebies that came with various devices and are all disposable compared to my “one true cord” which is the only one to enjoy being apart of my personal arsenal of accoutrements
nice. and nice username
How to make the transition relatively painlessly:
- Buy a bunch of these, and tie one to the end of every USB C cable, now you only need USB C cables around.
- As you get more C-C cables, buy these for your existing USB A ports:
just be mindful of latency, so maybe you want to try a few
I do not think this word means what you think it does.
I am using it how these guys are https://www.anker.com/blogs/hubs-and-docks/do-usb-hubs-add-latency
What’s a better word? Edit delay makes sense
These are just glorified wires, there’s no possibility of latency. There’s a possibility of a loose connection, but not of latency.
These are a passive component
You have to be mindful of the adapter standard to ensure you’re getting the data transfer speed you want, and from experience same standard usb adapters aren’t the same quality across makes
https://glidedigital.com/will-a-usb-c-to-usb-a-adapter-slow-down-my-data-transfer-speeds
I’ve used more usb gadgets than most people, as I deal with electronics a lot, but I never had a single problem with micro usb. Not sure why people hate it so much.
So you’re a practiced expert and cannot understand how those who are not practiced experts can have trouble?
Well I’m not sure it takes an expert to master a plug.
But I’d understand the hate if it was universal (pun maybe intended), but everyone that hates micro-usb seems to adore usb-c, while I feel like it’s potentially much more fragile. When handling usb-c I always use a lot more delicate care than I ever did with micro-usb. Mostly because even though I’m pretty good at soldering very tiny things, I’m not confident I could replace most usb-c receptacles without messing it up.
Well I’m not sure it takes an expert to master a plug.
Micro-usb enters the chat.
Usb-C is way more robust. It’s thicker, stronger, goes in both ways, has no moving parts. Micro USB is thin, flimsy, has stupid spring tabs that weaken pretty quickly and result in a cord that just falls out of your device when you pick it up while it’s plugged in. Fuck micro USB.
I went through probably 8 micro USB cables on my previous 2 phones over like a 6 year period. Since I got my current phone in 2016 I’m on my second USB c cable.
I had the opposite problem. Had to get phones with wireless charging for years because the fucking ports kept dying
Yea with the rate I was going through cables I was always really concerned about that. I have one micro USB device left and I’m really paranoid about not using it when it’s plugged in. That one has lasted a long time because it’s just a tablet I use as an ereader but that strategy would never work with my phone.
