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1. Sarah Brown (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Sep-2023 14:30:25 CEST Sarah Brown

   The thing I don’t get in the whole “what happens to all the old lightning cables” discourse is how everyone seems to be ignoring that ever since it was introduced, lightning‘s connector has been so electrically/metallically fragile that for vast number of people, especially those living in humid climates, lightning cables are consumables that only last a few weeks or, at best, months anyway.

   The game changer for us was MagsSafe, not USB C.
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   • hankg (hankg@friendica.myportal.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Sep-2023 14:31:50 CEST hankg

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     @goatsarah @fne8w2ah I didn't realize they had that problem. I always liked how robust they were over the old USB connectors and omni-directional. My lightning cables generally failed in the cable somewhere over time from excessive bending etc. I was concerned the insert area of the USB-C would be overly fragile but that seems to not be an issue. I'm glad we can move to just one unifying connector now. I'm also glad MagSafe is coming back. I absolutely love that for the larger devices.