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Most 'Genuine' Apple Chargers and Cables Sold on Amazon Are Fake, Apple Says (engadget.com)
Apple says it bought Apple chargers and cables labeled as genuine on Amazon.com and found that nearly 90 percent of them to be counterfeit. The revelation comes in a federal lawsuit the company filed against a New Jersey company over what Apple says are fake products that were sold on Amazon. Engadget reports: When Apple got in touch with Amazon about the issue, the website told the former that it got most of its chargers from Mobile Star LLC. The iPhone-maker stressed that since counterfeit cables and chargers don't go through consumer safety testing and could be poorly designed, they're prone to overheating and catching fire. They might even electrocute users. Tim Cook and co. are now asking the court to issue an injunction against the defendant. They also want the court to order the seizure and destruction of all the fake chargers in addition to asking for damage
Most of the hookers along Cermak Road are fake, too. I wouldn't know personally, of course, but I heard that from a guy.
And not that there's anything wrong with it, but if you find yourself on Cermak Road after 2am, try to keep an open mind.
You are welcome on my lawn.
If Apple was truly concerned they would issue a spec for free.
Good-bye
Sorry, but you sound like an Apple employee.
Their attempt to build in incompatibility with standards-based power, interfaces, and connectors is nothing but loathsome.
I'll be electrocuted by a third-party USB cable? Give me a break.
As with all things, follow the money.
A pox on web designers who feel that window.innerWidth == screen.availWidth