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Re:What Finally Killed AirPower by dodobirdlord on Saturday March 30, 2019 @01:07AM (#19527887)
The USB-C standard is arcane and cables can have wildly different functionality and quality and still comply with the standard. Occam's razor suggests that there is not some cable markup conspiracy going on here. Higher quality cables + luxury brand tax is a far more reasonable solution.
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Re:What Finally Killed AirPower by NickNameNick on Saturday March 30, 2019 @02:38AM (#19528131)
Apples cables don't have to implement the entire USB-C spec. Only the parts that apple want to use.
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Re:What Finally Killed AirPower by darkpuma on Saturday March 30, 2019 @12:14PM (#19530157)
> "+ luxury brand tax"

Well that's the contention isn't it? Whether that tax is present, and whether the mechanical build quality justifies it.

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