• dinckel@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    The connector itself is perfectly fine, which is incredible, and exactly what people wanted. Plus there’s a ton of room for technological improvement under the hood, if needed. USB/Thunderbolt standards spread for a whole range of specs now, all under the Type-C connector

    • ms.lane@lemmy.world
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      15 hours ago

      The connector is ‘ok’. It’s better than MicroUSB, MiniUSB and USB-A.

      If only Tim hadn’t eschewed Steve’s wishes on Lightning though - it was supposed to be handed over to USB-IF as a royalty-free standard, instead Tim saw dollar signs and we all got a worse connector.

      Reminder that lightning is strong enough to hold up a phone for display purposes, on it’s own.