• hexagonwin@lemmy.today
        3·
        2 days ago

        huh really? i’m using micro 5pin on my daily driver phone for more than a decade now and my stock cable from 2013 still works perfectly

        • ExtremeUnicorn@feddit.org
          2·
          2 days ago

          I’ve had them break, but nowhere near as often as people online claim. Maybe I’ve just been lucky.

          I’ve also had USB C break down on me already, so…

        • WolfLink@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          2 days ago

          This is one of those cases where the name brand cable probably is better than an off brand.

          Tangential story, but a cheapo headphone cable once broke the headphone jack on my computer. It was too big and stretched out the connector in there.