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ComradeMiao@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Apple@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

Do you use anker MagSafe products? How are they?

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Do you use anker MagSafe products? How are they?

ComradeMiao@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Apple@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/34343897

Got the 621 and it kind of sucks. Constantly disconnects and slow charging. Wonder if this is just the product

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    Anker was bought a while back, and now most of their products are the same generic internals to everything else on the market. Sadly it’s just e-commerce roulette to see if you get the dud chipset or if you’re the lucky winner of a mostly functional product.

    (the biggest offender here are USB hubs. Literally every single on on amazon (that isn’t for a server rack) has exactly the same components just with a slightly different pcb layout)

    edit: Here’s a wonderful article wherein a nerd slowly loses their mind over this issue

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      I had no idea they were bought. That makes sense why their quality has been declining. I have been moving away from their stuff in the last few years.

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        Away to what?

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          Various, ugreen, lisen, rampow.

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          I find just buying the Apple product is usually worth it as it lasts longer and performs better. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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      That explains a lot! I didn’t know that. Do you know when?

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        According to some brief googling, they were bought by continum in july 2021

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          Thanks for that

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            I mean, I’m sorry to be the one to bear the bad news about yet another once-decent brand being thrown into the pit of private equity.

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              Well it’s expected

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