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Comment on The EU common charger : USB-C

Some Chinese manufacturers are already working on undermining this by releasing 12V non-PD devices that use the plug. Those devices are not compatible with regular chargers and if you use their power supply for something else that device will be destroyed (because it’s designed for 5V not 12).

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unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
The sale of those things will not be legal in the EU so no need to worry.

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- jabjoe@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  To be fair, that is true of a lot of dropship stuff on Amazon and EBay already. Claiming EC marking and the like they just don’t meet. The EU needs to come down hard on these market platforms. It’s unfair on legitimate manufacturers and bad/unsafe for consumers.
  
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- anlumo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  One of those devices is currently shipping to me via AliExpress… passed import without any issues.
  
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  - themurphy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    You would think you would know, when you buy from AliExpress, which states specifically that it is shipping from OUTSIDE EU and is IMPORTING DIRECTLY.
    
    It can’t really be any others fault but your own.
    
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  - unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Its like saying “You said drugs are illegal but i just got them from my dealer without issue…”
    
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  - Mr_Blott@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Cool, we’ll have a proper laugh at you when you try to get a refund when it burns your house down
    
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  - fluxx@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Well, it’s not 2024 just yet. And besides that, I don’t think it’s possible to completely control everything that gets imported, but I reckon it’s going to be a rather rare occurrence in the future.
    
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    Trainguyrom@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    
    I reckon it’s going to be a rather rare occurrence in the future.
    
    Tech illiterate folks who lack the sense to get concerned by how cheap stuff on AliExpress is (or more accurately, Temu in my MIL’s case) will get burned by this for sure
    
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yukijoou@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
i mean, you likely already could get some out-of-spec chinese chargers… that’s Always been a risk when goong for low quality stuff!

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Snoopy@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Can you share a good source here, i will enjoy reading it :)

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- anlumo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  This is a good video about it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByxMSOXVyrc
  
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  - Snoopy@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Thank a lot :)
    
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