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swiftcodertoday at 9:53 AM1 replyview on HN

Part of it is jack longevity. I've never had a headphone port die on me, but I have multiple old phones with dead lightning or USB-C ports...


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criddelltoday at 11:30 AM

I’ve had lots of them break. Sometimes the jack was only attached to the board via solder joints which eventually break from fatigue.