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 Benson Leung (no longer active) proved that by meticulously testing chargers from many manufacturers (some of the popular ones too).
Comment on The EU common charger : USB-C
Rootiest@lemmy.world 8 months agoNo 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
hansl@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Rootiest@lemmy.world 8 months 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.
unrelatedkeg@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months 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.