this post was submitted on 05 Nov 2026
372 points (98.7% liked)
Technology
89506 readers
3390 users here now
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Our Rules
- Follow the lemmy.world rules.
- Only tech related news or articles.
- Be excellent to each other!
- Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
- Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
- Politics threads may be removed.
- No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
- Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
- Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
- Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.
Approved Bots
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
They are not perfect but they are objectively more durable, cause less damage to the device if they fail, and you don't loose your power and data port if it fails from daily use.
I know I broke more USB cables in 15 years than audio jacks over 40 years, and I was way harder on electronics 20-30 years ago. (That poor CD to car cassette adapter took some high Gforce impacts, and the walkman just lived in a backpack with the cable plugged in).