There's nothing to clean. Everything is pristine. The problem has even persisted across replacement cables and a full top case replacement (the keyboard, of course) where Apple scrubs the whole thing down before they give it back. Maybe I should superstitiously blow on it like it's an NES cartridge. It won't help, but maybe I'll feel like I have some agency.

You sure your power brick is fine? Mine randomly disconnected until I got a replacement. No problems now.

The problem is the laptop connection, not the brick connection.

Maybe bend the male usb out some.

Haha yikes. I'm not saying that your idea wouldn't work, but I'm definitely not going to do it. :)

Yes, but how about the _inside_ of the USB-C port? Sounds like the inside to me

> Sounds like the inside to me

Yeah, well, it's not.

> Yes, but how about the _inside_ of the USB-C port?

It's pristine, like I said elsewhere already.