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I understand the rationale, but isn't the current s.o.p. to ship a good cable with the product? "if the market is littered with bad cables USB-C will have a ba

I understand the rationale, but isn't the current s.o.p. to ship a good cable with the product? "if the market is littered with bad cables USB-C will have a bad image which will be bad for the products he worked on." I don't buy this tail wagging the dog argument. Sorry.

vacri 11y ago
People frequently buy multiple cables for various reasons. For example, I have three microUSB cables for my phone, which only came with one - for charging at my home computer, work computer, and in my laptop bag.
- Turing_Machine 11y ago
  I do the exact same thing. Keeping one at home, one at work, and one in the bag means one less thing to worry about leaving behind/not having when you need it.
vidarh 11y ago
I don't see why shipping a good cable with the product makes a difference. My house is full of USB chargers, because I want to be able to charge multiple devices several places in the living room as well as our bedrooms. Then there's the portable battery packs etc. One cable per device is insufficient for a lot of us.
- radiorental 11y ago
  Then you create a list of recommended cables. You don't bury that data in amazon reviews - if that's the intended purpose of releasing this information
  - monocasa 11y ago
    I almost never read a "recommended" list. Far too often it's simply a list of companies that paid to be on said list.
  - maxerickson 11y ago
    In the extreme, this kind of thing can end up cleaning up the marketplace.
  - bmelton 11y ago
    They do have a list of recommended cables -- the ones that they sell. Regardless, that doesn't mean that the Google Store is the first place people go to get a "standard" cable, especially as it isn't necessarily the cheapest. To many, a cable is a cable is a cable, and preventing someone from buying a commodity part that might damage their phone is a good objective, no matter how it's done. Posting Amazon reviews might not be the optimal way to get me to buy the "right" cables, but it's a pretty effective way at preventing me from buying the wrong ones.
MichaelGG 11y ago
Users often desire more than one cable.

vacri 11y ago

People frequently buy multiple cables for various reasons. For example, I have three microUSB cables for my phone, which only came with one - for charging at my home computer, work computer, and in my laptop bag.

Turing_Machine 11y ago
I do the exact same thing. Keeping one at home, one at work, and one in the bag means one less thing to worry about leaving behind/not having when you need it.

vidarh 11y ago

I don't see why shipping a good cable with the product makes a difference. My house is full of USB chargers, because I want to be able to charge multiple devices several places in the living room as well as our bedrooms. Then there's the portable battery packs etc. One cable per device is insufficient for a lot of us.

radiorental 11y ago
Then you create a list of recommended cables. You don't bury that data in amazon reviews - if that's the intended purpose of releasing this information
- monocasa 11y ago
  I almost never read a "recommended" list. Far too often it's simply a list of companies that paid to be on said list.
- maxerickson 11y ago
  In the extreme, this kind of thing can end up cleaning up the marketplace.
- bmelton 11y ago
  They do have a list of recommended cables -- the ones that they sell. Regardless, that doesn't mean that the Google Store is the first place people go to get a "standard" cable, especially as it isn't necessarily the cheapest. To many, a cable is a cable is a cable, and preventing someone from buying a commodity part that might damage their phone is a good objective, no matter how it's done. Posting Amazon reviews might not be the optimal way to get me to buy the "right" cables, but it's a pretty effective way at preventing me from buying the wrong ones.

MichaelGG 11y ago

Users often desire more than one cable.