ooli@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoUSB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversiblewww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square243fedilinkarrow-up1543arrow-down111cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
arrow-up1532arrow-down1external-linkUSB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversiblewww.pcgamer.comooli@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square243fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
minus-squarePupBiru@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agookay but the clip on rj connectors is a locking mechanism which usb just lacks… break off the clip and they’re relatively equvelent no?
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·1 year agoNo. USB uses friction retention, whereas a clip-retention cable sans clip has real risk of simply falling out.
okay but the clip on rj connectors is a locking mechanism which usb just lacks… break off the clip and they’re relatively equvelent no?
No. USB uses friction retention, whereas a clip-retention cable sans clip has real risk of simply falling out.