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So I'm very large and strong, I think I may be the cause of this. But does anyone know of a strong replacement? I'm capable of installing it myself, but my cursory Google search turned up nil for "strong game sticks"(let the jokes flow)

Just curious if I'm stuck playing d-pad game.

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[–] Strider@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It's really interesting. I own a lot of devices and consoles and usually never experience something like this even on well played systems / controllers.

But in comparison a family member uses his notebook for 1 month and it looks like it had been in a war zone for 30 years.

How??

(I'm not blaming anyone, they're your devices, but really curious how does this degrade this much? )

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm just a big goof and press down harder than most.

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I don't know. If you look at the picture of the switch lite thumbstick you've shown I would formulate the theory that your body oils slowly decompose plastics with rubber component. 🤷