Tech

The basic USB socket had a good, long run. I've been using Lightning connectors for a bit because of the iPhone and iPad and, when I upgraded my desktop and laptop earlier this year, finally had to start switching over to USB-C.

Honestly, I was prepared to hate it, what with it being smaller and therefore nominally fiddlier.

Thing is, I was not ready for how much I'd appreciate the symmetry.

With the classic USB socket, we all just kinda dealt with the fact that, despite what should have been a 50/50 chance of inserting the plug correctly even blind, on the backside of a tower or in the dark or whatever, USB sockets were surrounded by an eldritch field that warped the laws of probability and guaranteed that no matter which way you oriented the plug, it was wrong the first time.

I just had to plug up a regular USB battery charger for the first time in a couple months and ran afoul of that. I won't miss it when it's gone.

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