I have used them as data cables, such as for migrating Android phones. Don’t remember having any issues.

Fuck 4chan

You’re being very condescending here. “Someone asking for donations” does not really communicate what is meant here. You’re asking for tap dancing around the subject and that phrase is almost meaningless. If you said “homeless person asking for donations” I would agree that is better.

I agree. Some people buying something bad for them doesn’t mean they’re unworthy of the chance to buy food or something else objectively helpful for life.

I don’t think it’s necessarily bad to evaluate/judge what they spend it on, but ultimately if that’s your reason for not giving (“bad thing”) then it’s probably just an excuse. I say this to mean I can know they likely will buy liquor and I wish they would buy food instead.

I give homeless people money sometimes knowing they are lying or might not spend it wisely but I reason that they got into that situation through a lot of bad luck so whatever they decide to spend it on is on them. I have a friend who couldn’t believe I’d given money to a homeless person who lied (they had a quite unbelievable story that sounded like a huge lie anyhow). I explained to my friend that them lying doesn’t mean they don’t have a good reason to need money. They’re only doing it out of desperation and clearly need money.

Or at least that is what Putin wants spread.

If there are a lot of Nazis, then, yes?

This is the right take. Well put.

I don’t know why but my luck has been nearly opposite to yours. The only thing close I’ve had to your experience was I had a USBC port on my phone get dirty once and I had to clean it out. 0 actual hardware failures and very few charger problems

But it’s not really a failure of the cable (typically, I know there are edge cases but I don’t think I’ve run into them recently). In a perfect world, it possibly plugging in means it works as expected I guess, but I think it’s a better tradeoff to expect users to know that some devices require a bit more power, and have a plug that still works universally. “This charger doesn’t have enough power” is easy enough to be understood by a 90 yo I would think.

Chargers should be labelled with the output they provide (mine are), but you are right, devices probably should be labelled better with what they require.

Chin up, Nederlander. I don’t think you’re ridiculous.

People can hate all they want on USB-C with all these details that may be technically true, but the only issue I’ve had in years is with chargers varying in power output and occasionally that means I try to charge something that either takes forever or never charges. It’s an edge case and I consider it a charger issue, not a cable one…

Life is definitely simpler now with USB-C being pretty standard, and Lightning cables can burn in hell. Those anti-standard bullshits have caused me to buy a dozen of them for friends and test devices (I’m a web dev) and yet I’ve never owned a mobile Apple product and never would. Fuck Lightning – cannot possibly say it enough. I’m glad the EU agrees.

If snide comments could read, they’d be very proud of themselves right now

Both sides are the same. Yeah, sure. Keep pushing that narrative, it’s never hurt anything before except everything

Except the problem is not with it being digital. I think the only issue people have is being confused about where to tap, since that is different between machines and it’s not always clear. I guess I could memorize a few different common styles but again that’s not related to it being digital.

Not op but ok

How’s it feel to be one with evil?

I have had somewhat similar experiences at times, but not as bad as yours I think. My worst one was this woman who kept claiming to almost have arrived as I stood outside in below-freezing temperatures for over 20 minutes to give her free stuff.

Finally left the item on the sidewalk and went inside. 40 minutes later she sent a text thanking me for it. I don’t understand why she lied over and over about her location. So stupid and inconsiderate.

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That is some brazen shit.