• CaptPretentious@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    who even uses the USB port on their phone for data transfers

    If far easier to manage files on the phone, be it upload/download/move/delete with a computer than it is fiddling with whatever shitty file manager on the phone.

    I just stream media from my NAS using Navidrome and Jellyfin, use Syncthing to back up my photos and sync files

    Going to venture a large portion of mobile device users don’t use any of that, or know what any of that is.

    What I don’t get, is why you’re being an apologist for Apple?

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      1 year ago

      What I don’t get, is why you’re being an apologist for Apple?

      I fucking hate Apple, their walled garden and questionable engineering practices. But USB port speed is the last of the reasons to hate them. I really don’t give a shit about whether the USB-C port on my phone is USB 2 or 3 or whatever. Be it “normies” or “techies”, I can’t recall anyone in my social circle who uses the port on the phone for anything other than charging. Cloud storage, whether self-hosted or by some big company, is the norm and way more convenient. Especially considering that properly set up, everything is backed up and synced in real time automagically.

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        1 year ago

        I never understood why some people take one comment of “I don’t agree with that criticism” and think you are some diehard fanboy? I don’t like Apple, I don’t like Tesla or Elon Musk, but sometimes I disagree with some criticism they get and basically every single time someone thinks I must be a loyal fan.

        I’m sure there are those who will or could make great use of USB3 speeds, but I think like 99% of the users won’t notice the difference because they just don’t use it. I know I’ve never used USB for data transfer in my last couple Android phones, I only use it for charging and even that is greatly reduced since I mainly use wireless charging now.