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Re:Why aren't motherboards mostly USB-C by now? (2021) by holoduke on Sunday November 19, 2023 @02:47AM (#38330198)
How can a large usb A port be weaker than a tiny usb c port? If you attach a keyboard and throw it out of the window the usb A port will remain ok whereas the usb c port instantly gets damaged.
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Re:Why aren't motherboards mostly USB-C by now? (2021) by pbhjpbhj on Sunday November 19, 2023 @05:57AM (#38331448)
Of course you want the port to be weaker than the board it is attached to, so that the port breaks rather than the board.
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Re:Why aren't motherboards mostly USB-C by now? (2021) by lxgr on Sunday November 19, 2023 @01:58PM (#38336391)
> How can a large usb A port be weaker than a tiny usb c port?

Because for USB-A, the part that wears down is in the port, while for USB-C it's in the plug.

> If you attach a keyboard and throw it out of the window the usb A port will remain ok whereas the usb c port instantly gets damaged.

Have you tried that yourself, a statistically significant number of times?

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Re:Why aren't motherboards mostly USB-C by now? (2021) by JohnFen on Monday November 20, 2023 @09:27AM (#38348727)
> Because for USB-A, the part that wears down is in the port, while for USB-C it's in the plug.

I've had a number of USB-C ports break, I've never has a USB-A port break.

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