Reply to post: The best cable is no cable and the best connector is a magnet

EU wants one phone plug to rule them all. But we've got a better idea.

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The best cable is no cable and the best connector is a magnet

The efforts to get everyone onto some form of USB-C are noble but it's solving a problem from 10 years ago. We need a non-bluetooth solution for wireless charging and data that is standardized on all phones way more more than another Cable of the Month. If we are going to have ANOTHER cable, can we at least please get a flush contact with a magnetic retainer instead of another fiddly plug to catch lint and snap off in your device this time?

They blew the thunderbolt/USB-C rollout by allowing too many internally dissimilar cables using the same connector. Now you can't tell if/why something is blinkered because it isn't clear from a glance if the source, destination, and cable all match. And with the implementation of high current chargers, you risk setting things on fire if the cable doesn't match up properly. So instead of single cable bliss we have to check Google docs to verify the cable isn't blacklisted before we order something off Amazon.

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