Queen guitarist Brian May: “Apple’s become an entirely selfish monster”

Brian May, the Pb guitarist of the British stone ring Queen that was fronted past times belatedly vocalizer Freddie Mercury, has expressed his disdain for Apple’s alternative of the USB-C touchstone over the previous connectors. In his rant, May complained close the USB-C connectors bending likewise easily. He wrote that we’re at nowadays “forced into using these damn USB-C connectors for everything” inwards yesterday’s Instagram post accompanied past times a flick of a bent USB-C cable.

Brian’s USB-C woes

Brian’s biggest gripes amongst USB-C are two-fold.

Firstly, when used for charging a MacBook the USB-C cable tin shipping away hold upwards accidentally tripped on in addition to doing then may shipping your pricey Apple notebook flight across the room because USB-C has replaced Apple’s love MagSafe connector. And secondly, the famed guitarist claims that the USB-C connectors curvature all likewise easily.

Here’s the amount postal service (emphasis Brian’s):

This is 1 of the reasons my love for Apple is turning to hatred. Now we’re forced into using these damn USB-C connectors for everything. It agency nosotros receive got to behave around a bagful of pesky adaptors, nosotros receive got to throw away all our former charging leads, in addition to pass tons of coin on novel ones, in addition to if something tugs inwards the wire it does not harmlessly autumn out similar the Mag-Safe plugs nosotros all got then used to (genius).

And if 1 of these things is plugged into the left mitt side in addition to nosotros coil the figurer to the left to insert it into the correct mitt side—THIS happens. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 bent USB-C connective which is forthwith useless. So nosotros pass to a greater extent than in addition to to a greater extent than coin replacing the horrible things.

I late also institute out how footling Apple Help cares if yous regard problems—all they desire to produce is sell yous to a greater extent than stuff. All inwards all—Apple has travel an exclusively selfish monster. But they receive got us enslaved. It’s difficult to observe a way out. Anybody out in that location receive got the same feeling? Bri.

Brian is onto something here.

I ain a 2013 MacBook Air which is hooked upwards to my Apple Thunderbolt Display using Thunderbolt I/O (the master Thunderbolt 1.0 standard, to hold upwards to a greater extent than precise). While the notebook’s Thunderbolt 1 port is bigger than USB-C but smaller than touchstone USB, the cable bends likewise easily then I eventually injure upwards amongst a non-functional cable only similar Brian.

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Truth hold upwards told, this was happening oftentimes amongst the 30-pin iPod cable but that doesn’t hateful that the Lightning touchstone is prone to the bending issue. MagSafe was a peachy conception inwards in addition to of itself, but the connective has run its class in addition to nosotros are at nowadays headed to the USB-C world. That time to come isn’t now, however, pregnant we’re going to hold upwards using dongles until nosotros larn there.

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Dongles are 1 of those sacrifices that reasonable people convey every bit a fact of life. As applied scientific discipline marches frontwards in addition to ameliorate inventions come upwards along, older solutions larn phased out.

I honour Brian’s piece of job in addition to love the fact that he’s a homo of many talents. Queen is my favorite stone ring of all time, but he’s on the incorrect side of the declaration here.

It’s called progress, Bri!

Your ii cents

Would yous concord amongst Brian’s post?

Judging past times comments, a bunch of haters concord amongst him. Are yous only every bit infuriated that Apple has gone the USB-C/Thunderbolt road in addition to ditched all the legacy ports?

Let us know past times chiming inwards amongst your thoughts inwards the comments downwards below.

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