Larry: It's not as simple as that. The connection for a jack plug is pretty firm in one particular direction, and attempting to remove the plug by pulling in any other direction results in equipment/self damage. By contrast, you can pull a magnetic connector off in pretty much any direction with the same amount of force.
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Larry: It's not as simple as that. The connection for a jack plug is pretty firm in one particular direction, and attempting to remove the plug by pulling in any other direction results in equipment/self damage. By contrast, you can pull a magnetic connector off in pretty much any direction with the same amount of force.