Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoIs it OK to leave device chargers plugged in all the time? An expert explainstheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down136
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minus-squareZwuzelmaus@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-24 days ago never noticed any of the 24/7 devices I own wear out, I think that might be a myth? USB develops rapidly. My fleet of chargers always went outdated well before they went old.
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoI have a drawer full of them that aren’t useful because half an amp isn’t enough to charge anything anymore.
minus-squareWhyJiffie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agothat’s because phone makers were pumping out garbage chargers with bare minimum performance for every single phone, isn’t it?
USB develops rapidly. My fleet of chargers always went outdated well before they went old.
I have a drawer full of them that aren’t useful because half an amp isn’t enough to charge anything anymore.
that’s because phone makers were pumping out garbage chargers with bare minimum performance for every single phone, isn’t it?