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[–] Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Philips screws are intentionally made to strip though. Even the best material can't fully offset bad design.

[–] Junkers_Klunker@feddit.dk 20 points 2 months ago

Philips heads are designed to intentionally cam over and limit torque, if you’re using the correct screwdriver that is quite a lot of torque. They certainly have a usecase, but that isn’t anywhere near me. I only use torx.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago

I read that was just an afterthought to explain away why they strip out so easily, instead of actually redesigning them