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Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024 by izacus on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @09:54AM (#33080408)
The cables are declaring their capability, but they're not LIMITING anything. That's on the charger and chargee side.

>Cheap, lying, uncertified USB cables that declare their ability to support higher charging rates — for example, 100W which is 5A at 20V in USB — have been known to short out and destroy chargers and devices in the process of doing so.

Yes, HN loves to discuss and gripe about it over and over again (quoting the same kind of unconfirmed posts that are out of date by years)... it just fails to prove that this is still any kind of widespread issue worse than any other cable connector issue.

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Re:EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024 by altairprime on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @10:07AM (#33080585)
Narrow roads aren’t limiting driver speed, and yet they’re used specifically by traffic planners to limit driver speed — with full knowledge that some drivers will disregard all limits.

Compliant USB-PD devices honor those cable limits. Non-compliant devices do not, but ignoring them does not negate their definition as limits.

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