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joshstrange ◴[] No.43506331[source]
So it's lightning all over again? Lightning was better than micro-usb, then USB-C came out and was even better and people get pissy at Apple for creating something better than the standard (and donating some of that back to the standard).

I know this will not be popular here but I really do not like the EU's most recent round of "no, you have to open up this feature".

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fire_lake ◴[] No.43506414[source]
Lightning is still better than USB C in terms of physical connector design (Lightning puts the male part on the more easily replaced cable side). Annoying that it’s not a strict improvement being imposed.
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carlhjerpe ◴[] No.43506942[source]
So let me get this straight, the male part which is the most durable one is on the cable side on lightning while on USB-C the durable part is in the phone and the easily ruined female pins side is on the cable?

You can keep tooting the Apple horn, Lightning was better than micro USB but saying it's better than USB-C is incorrect on every measureable point. Lightning is dead, long live USB-C!

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1. thowawatp302 ◴[] No.43509802[source]
It’s really not, I’ve had disproportionately more USB-C ports go dodgy because there was repeated tangential force on the cable plug than I had with lightning