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Apple’s rumored Mac Mini redesign may ditch the USB-A port (www.theverge.com)

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[–] teft 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The cables are more fragile on USB C in order to save the ports. The opposite was true for USB A. Basically if something hits an A connector the cable was sturdy enough to transfer the force to the port and damage it. With C you just have to replace the cable.

[–] turbowafflz 2 points 1 month ago

That makes sense in theory, but as with the cables, I've seen way more damaged usb c ports than usb a ports. In fact I can't really think of any time I've ever seen a usb a port damaged to a point it didn't work

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Are you sure? Because I have a couple of older phones that were USB-C and their port was the first thing to fail...

[–] teft 1 points 1 month ago

I can’t speak to every manufacturer but that is part of the logic of the redesign i remember reading about.