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Re:New USB-C logos make picking USB cables, chargers less co... by lordlimecat on Monday October 04, 2021 @11:02AM (#28747613)
The fact that USB-C is a bloated and complex standard does not imply that other solutions are better. Magsafe is only nice to the extent that all Apple laptops used it, so if you were in the apple world and never lost your $50 charger it was fine.

But in the end it was Yet Another Laptop Charger, and it made travelling a pain for anyone with multiple laptops of different make. The current status quo is not perfect but it is much better than it was.

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Re:New USB-C logos make picking USB cables, chargers less co... by jaywalk on Monday October 04, 2021 @11:39AM (#28748101)
> Magsafe is only nice to the extent that all Apple laptops used it

No, it still remains (arguably) the best laptop charging connector ever. USB C was a step backward in that regard.

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Re:New USB-C logos make picking USB cables, chargers less co... by shkkmo on Monday October 04, 2021 @11:33AM (#28748029)
It's too bad Apple had no interest in making Magsafe available as an industy standard and instead moved to the usb-c standard.

The removal Magsafe from apple laptops was the final straw that got me to switch to Linux.

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