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recursivedoubtsyesterday at 4:45 PM1 replyview on HN

Please, please, please: we NEED a magsafe version of USB C

Yes, you can buy adapters, but you end up w/device warts that don't work w/normal USB-C cords and my understanding that they are for the most part pretty dangerously out of spec

Magnetic coupling is an incredibly underutilized user experience tool


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chaosharmonicyesterday at 4:49 PM

As much as it still pisses me off reading the Surface product head's comment that if you love USB-C then you love dongles -- while shipping a Mini DisplayPort connector -- I also think it's a waste that they didn't contribute their magnetic docking to the upstream spec.

We could have had a USB Type-M. (Or, alternatively, Type-F -- for "magnets, how do they work?")