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Lightning connector
Raised as a usability problem by 6 people on Hacker News over 9 years (2015–2023), in 6 threads.
People raised many different problems with Lightning connector, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 6 complaints
- Adapters give unusable sound quality with loud hiss from faulty gain control2023-09-13
- IPhone often fails to recognize plugged-in Lightning cable, requiring repeated re-plugging2022-10-27
- Carrying two incompatible cable types around is a big hassle2021-09-23
- Lint gets packed into the port and is annoying to clean without a tool2021-04-06
- Dust and lint fouling the port makes the cable charge only when oriented correctly2018-09-16
- Navigating a list with up/down keys takes more keystrokes than tab completion2015-11-09