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Re:Google engineer writing Amazon reviews on USB-C cables th... by vidarh on Wednesday November 04, 2015 @02:39PM (#10509037)
> Not quite bulletproof, but not bad (and I was lucky I didn't damage the phone instead).

This is one reason why I don't mind if the cables aren't that difficult to break. I'd rather the cable break than my devices.

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Re:Google engineer writing Amazon reviews on USB-C cables th... by organsnyder on Wednesday November 04, 2015 @02:44PM (#10509065)
It's my understanding that the entire spec is engineered this way intentionally: The wear items are on the cable rather than the device.
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