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Some Reversible USB-C Cables/Adapters Could Cause Irreversible Damage

Posted by timothy on from the good-time-to-go-with-the-brand-name dept.

TheRealHocusLocus writes: Three Decembers ago I lauded the impending death of the trapezoid. Celebration of the rectangle might be premature however, because in the rush-to-market an appalling number of chargers, cables and legacy adapters have been discovered to be non-compliant. There have been performance issues with bad USB implementation all along, but now — with improved conductors USB-C offers to negotiate up to 3A in addition the 900ma base, so use of a non-compliant adapter may result in damage. Google engineer and hero Benson Leung has been waging a one-man compliance campaign of Amazon reviews to warn of dodgy devices and praise the good. Reddit user bmcclure937 offers a spreadsheet summary of the reviews. It's a jungle out there, don't get fried.

3 of 136 comments (clear)

  1. Re:This is why you buy Apple by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Well apple fanbois certainly like to plug things both ways.

  2. Re:Stupid design by bondsbw · · Score: 4, Funny

    Some Reversible USB-C Cables/Adapters Could Cause Irreversible Damage

    The irony that USB is finally reversible, yet the damage it causes is not...

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  3. What's the difference between USA and USB? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    One connects to all of your devices and accesses the data, the other is a hardware standard.