In article , Ken Hart
wrote:

I say bring back
screw terminal barrier strips!

are you ****ing serious? nobody wants to screw in wires.

Saying that "nobody" wants to screw in wires would require a sample set
of everyone, but we'll let that go.

it's a colloquial expression.

the number of people who want to screw in cables is close enough to
zero that it's not even noticeable, let alone significant.

Suffice to say that in high power
applications, where the power level is "****ing serious", some type of
screw or bolt connector is commonplace.

this isn't about high power applications.

it's about headphone jacks, power adapters for consumer devices,
automotive electronics, etc.

as stated before, nobody wants to screw in wires for *any* of that.

and even where power levels are '****ing serious', people still don't
want to screw in cables unless it's a *permanent installation*.

Of course it's slow and clumsy, but name a connector type that is less
failure prone, and easier to repair than bare wires wrapped around a
screw and torqued down.
Maybe binding posts, but they are just screw terminals on steroids.

most of them.

plugs can be keyed so you can't connect it backwards and cause damage.
that's a huge plus right there.

as for repair, remove defective cable or device and replace with new.
done. with modern devices you don't even need to power it off because
they're hot-pluggable.

try that with screwed in wires. good luck.