What was the worst connector ever made?

I know some people hate on the Apple 30-pin connector, but I always had a soft spot for it.

SCART, on the other hand – what a nightmare. I still sometimes remember how utterly unpleasant it was just to put it in or disconnect it. The sound and the feel were all dentist-office-grade. Absolutely dreadful.

Delighted in discovering I wasn’t the only one hating SCART – people are even mentioning some horrific subvariants of it in replies. A lot of other fantastic nominations, too!

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@mwichary I will always love Scart for being proper RGB, but they should've just used a D-Sub connector

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