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		mox1 on Dec 5, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: USBefuddled: Untangling the Rat’s Nest of USB-C St... if you buy a quality charger, that actually follow the usb-c specs, you don’t need to know. When Lenovo wants $50 for a charger and you grab a $15 one off Amazon, don’t be overly surprised when it doesn’t follow the specs and cuts corners.

hedora on Dec 5, 2021 [–]

I’m sure you can find someone willing to charge you $50 on Amazon for an equally-bad charger.

Again, without some sort of standards enforcement, how can the end-purchaser differentiate between a quality cable and garbage.

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