Wow, I just saw this.
I don’t know what to say.
That’s just horrendous. That they didn’t use a metal mid-plate.
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I just had to grab the specs Apple violated in their, not at all inexpensive, Macbook Pro.
There has to be a mid-plate (picture in screenshots), and it’s required to be grounded. Hard to do if it doesn’t exist / isn’t metal, as on that Macbook, apparently. The mid-plate, of course, provides the structure for the “ears” / the retaining hooks that the male plug’s retention springs engage with.
3.8.1 Mechanical Requirements
“extraction force shall be within the range of 6 N to 20 N after 10,000 insertion/ extraction cycles”
“durability rating shall be 10,000 cycles minimum for the USB Type-C connector family. The durability test shall be done at a rate of 500 ± 50 cycles per hour and no physical damage to any part of the connector and cable assembly shall occur.”
I’d like to note that Nrp did confirm, in a tablet project thread I believe, that the USB-C ports on the Framework Mainboard are rated to 10,000 cycles. As they should be. This apparently can’t be said for a Macbook.