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Re:EU law mandating universal chargers for devices comes int... by guerrilla on Sunday December 29, 2024 @01:57AM (#42538195)
I can't beleive I'm seeing this on HN. This is really a fuckup of the industey if they're even confusing technical people.

A lot of phones only charge to 80% to wave battery life. You can change this setting. Spread the world.

I wonder how much they pay in tech support because of this one thing.

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Re:EU law mandating universal chargers for devices comes int... by codeulike on Sunday December 29, 2024 @03:27AM (#42538535)
When I use the apple cable it charges to 100% with no quibbles
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Re:EU law mandating universal chargers for devices comes int... by hyperdimension on Sunday December 29, 2024 @02:32PM (#42542304)
> This is really a fuckup of the industey if they're even confusing technical people.

Honestly, we're not that great.

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