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Snoopy@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Sorry i’m very bad at understanding how power work but maybe the link and the documentation can answer your question ?

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Herowyn@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I read the website but it doesn’t say. But it does say that the consumer will have to check that the charger is compatible with the device so you might end up frying your devic6if you connect them to the wrong USB C Charger (things that were prevented because of the different connectors). I don’t say that the directive is wrong but it doesn’t go far enough. It should force all devices manufacturers and chargers manufacturers to use the power delivery protocol so consumers don’t have to worry about power compatibility between chargers and devices.

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- Rootiest@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  No device that is properly following the USB standard will be fried by, or fry, another USB device.
  
  It’s true that a USB-C cable might not work with some PD requirements and will support only a certain USB data version or lower, but all of USB is backwards compatible, you will get slower speeds or less power but not anything dangerous.
  
  Unless the device(s) you use are not properly following the USB standards
  
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  - unrelatedkeg@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    As others mentioned in the thread, Nintendo Switches clearly don’t follow the standards. So having this hole patched in the legislation would be nice.
    
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  - hansl@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    That might be what some document says, but it’s definitely NOT true in the real world. Benson Leung (no longer active) proved that by meticulously testing chargers from many manufacturers (some of the popular ones too).
    
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    Rootiest@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    That’s why I said “if it’s properly following the standard”
    
    Those devices that Benson tested that failed were not properly following the standard.
    
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- Snoopy@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Oh…something it telling me it won’t end well. I was full of hope after all those bad new on politic and climate change. I really hope they anticipated it. 😔
  
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