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		dmckeon on May 31, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Was Mini USB Deprecated in Favor of Micro USB? The real longevity plan for plugs is not X,000 cycles, but “Will it work until I lose it?”

Macha on June 1, 2019 [–]

Depends on your use case I guess? I've never lost a micro usb cable but at this stage I've had tens of them fail on me.

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