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Re:All About USB-C: Illegal Adapters by pigsty on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @05:45PM (#34154879)
If you keep buying the same cables and they keep breaking things, they’re probably not high quality.

In my experience, Anker products are nothing short of garbage. Keyboards and adapters all break within weeks. I feel like all the “anker is the best!” stuff I see online is stealth marketing because I’ve had better results buying absolutely anything else.

Re:All About USB-C: Illegal Adapters by cactusplant7374 on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @07:39PM (#34155956)
I bend all my cables and it’s all my fault. I put my laptop on a pillow or drop it.

It happens to all the brands.

Re:All About USB-C: Illegal Adapters by eyelidlessness on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @08:18PM (#34156319)
I’ve recently been bringing my laptop to bed to watch TV with my pup, knowing full well I’m risking a catastrophic somethingorother. So far we’ve had good luck, most of my worry has shifted to what havoc will be wrought when I inevitably fall asleep and my pup has full unsupervised keyboard access.
Re:All About USB-C: Illegal Adapters by cactusplant7374 on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @08:29PM (#34156405)
Laptop fell off my bed recently and damaged the screen connector. I am having the screen replaced but Apple’s authorized service center says they need to wipe the drive. I will probably spend a few days configuring everything again. Such is life.