literally unusable :stalin-gun-1::stalin-gun-2:

  • space_comrade [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Is there anything in the standard that makes the ports particularly shitty? Sounds like it's a problem with shitty cheap devices, not the standard itself.

    My Samsung phone (death to Samsung) is doing fine after nearly 3 years.

    • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]
      hexagon
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      2 years ago

      There's no actual problem with the standard, the issue here is almost certainly just lint or dirt. I've done phone repair in a small town surrounded by an agricultural region and one of the most common things people come in with is dirt or lint or just random crap shoved into their ports. Whether or not a port survives comes down to the individual, what they do, and where more than the actual difference in port itself.

        • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]
          hexagon
          M
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          2 years ago

          What are you talking about Apple makes it super easy, all you have to do is have $3,000 temporary hold on your credit card, not a debit card, and then they'll send you a tool chest full of thousands of different parts including the one tool you actually need, and of course if you don't send it back in original condition within the allotted time frame they will go ahead and charge you for the tool kit which they will still need back.