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Re:USB-C was supposed to simplify our lives, but instead it’... by danhor on Thursday October 01, 2020 @12:32PM (#24652927)
The Brick-Gate issue, where many switches where bricked, was not an issue with generic chargers, but specifically 3rd party docks. And, as it turns out, the issue in that case wasn't on the switch side, but the manufacturers of the 3rd party docks, that used 9v on a normal signal pin (cc) [very much not spec compliant], which destroyed the pd chip inside the switch: https://hackaday.com/2019/08/04/the-not-quite-usb-c-of-ninte.... There have been few -if any- reports of switches being destroyed otherwise.
Re:USB-C was supposed to simplify our lives, but instead it’... by ender341341 on Thursday October 01, 2020 @07:23PM (#24657235)
This is really good to hear. I hadn't heard this follow up and besides joysticks (going back to the n64 era) Nintendo's traditionally had an insanely good hardware QA so I was surprised to hear about the issues initially.
Re:USB-C was supposed to simplify our lives, but instead it’... by floatingatoll on Thursday October 01, 2020 @01:59PM (#24654114)
That is excellent news!