@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 9 months agoUSB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversiblewww.pcgamer.commessage-square215fedilinkarrow-up1587cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-squarePupBirulinkfedilink4•9 months 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•9 months 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.