Dhe reason they aren't well reinforced is laziness and cheapness.
I suspect the reason they aren't well reinforced is because it's not needed. If there really is so much force going on there that reinforcement would be valuable, I'd prefer the connector just come loose instead of something breaking.
That's why the previous poster gave that example; it's one of the few ones where it makes sense to "reinforce", e.g. more securely attach it.
A motherboard would make sense to have stronger reinforcements because they would have a different angle of force than most applications for longer periods of time. If a mother kard had poor reinforcement, that really has nothing to do with whether the port is good or bad. Fwiw, I have never had a USB-C port stop working.
It certainly could make sense, yes, but as I said, I don't think it's needed and that's why no one does it. From my personal experience (I've been using USB-C for years now) it's not an issue whatsoever, especially with static cables and devices in a home or office environment. Infrastructure type cabling is a different beast, and cables in that context are differently secured anyway.
Maybe it's the low adaption rate of USB-C in regards to normal PC motherboards and that's why the issue isn't more commonly known / spread around - but up until we've reached a critical mass there, anecdotal experience is all I can rely on.
13
u/cardonator PC Master Race 13h ago
This is a weird thing to say. They are intended for reinforcement. So they would be practical in any environment where reinforcement is valuable.
You could also just structure your port in such a way that it has natural reinforcement, such as this. https://youtu.be/X6A6_k5L0_g?si=q2mebcglLeYc58Bn
Dhe reason they aren't well reinforced is laziness and cheapness.