Apple rumored to subvert EU Rules by nerfing USB-C on iPhone15

Re:Apple rumored to subvert EU Rules by nerfing USB-C on iPh... by Analemma_ on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @04:23PM (#34988547)

Spoken like someone who has never bought USB-C cables on Amazon. Outside major brands, the majority are junk that act wildly out of spec. The USB-IF doesn't care.

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Re:Apple rumored to subvert EU Rules by nerfing USB-C on iPh... by shagie on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @05:15PM (#34989102)

From several years ago...

A Google engineer sacrificed his Chromebook Pixel to test USB-C cables - https://www.theverge.com/2016/2/3/10905432/usb-c-cable-fries...

> Google engineer Benson Leung has been on a mission to prove that all USB-C cables are not created equal, and that mission appears to have ended — or at least climaxed — with one cable totally frying his computer. Leung has been testing USB-C cables and posting reviews of them on Amazon for a few months now, and the most recent cable he tested, made by SurjTech, turned out to be "completely miswired" — something he didn't realize until after it "managed to destroy my test equipment," he says, including a Chromebook Pixel.

And the older article A Google engineer is testing USB Type-C cables so you don't have to - https://www.theverge.com/2015/11/5/9674462/usb-type-c-google...

His reviews: https://www.amazon.com/gp/profile/amzn1.account.AFLICGQRF6BR...

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Re:Apple rumored to subvert EU Rules by nerfing USB-C on iPh... by blep-arsh on Thursday March 02, 2023 @01:22PM (#34999578)

So if I buy a counterfeit MFi cable it still has a solid chance to destroy my phone before the MFi validation logic kicks in.

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Re:Apple rumored to subvert EU Rules by nerfing USB-C on iPh... by shagie on Thursday March 02, 2023 @05:19PM (#35002892)

If you buy a counterfeit MFi cable, it has a good chance of being intercepted by customs (similar to how they intercept counterfeit goods - https://abc7.com/counterfeit-goods-us-customs-border-protect... and https://www.nwonewswatch.com/local-news/us-customs-seize-cou... ).

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