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Re:Google engineer writing Amazon reviews on USB-C cables th... by InclinedPlane on Wednesday November 04, 2015 @02:42PM (#10509049)
That's the standard failure mode for a lot of the monoprice micro-USB cables, it's annoying as hell.
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Re:Google engineer writing Amazon reviews on USB-C cables th... by miahi on Wednesday November 04, 2015 @03:53PM (#10509645)
As I remember, this is by design - better to have the cable break than the socket (as it was with miniUSB).
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