[hbn]

Is IEC really the gold standard for connectors to you? I always thought they feel terrible to plug in. There's no snap or solid bottom-out indication to when it's "connected." And it just sits in the socket from friction that doesn't feel particularly solid. It's the kind of connection where if it gets yanked a little bit and the connection fails, it's not obvious because it's half-seated in the socket.

[timc3]

IEC isn’t great, hence you get a cage around them to hold them in for critical use.

[qurren]

That cage is for stress relief, and should be federally mandated on all external connectors of all devices.

Stress relief is a thing, people in the 2020s have somehow forgetten about it.

[nightpool]

good luck miniaturizing that! :D