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They perhaps didn't notice or care, but counterfeit chargers and cables can be very dangerous, as they usually have a complete disregard for electrical safety.
by TazeTSchnitzel 10y ago
They perhaps didn't notice or care, but counterfeit chargers and cables can be very dangerous, as they usually have a complete disregard for electrical safety. It could kill you, or kill your device, or burst into flames.
- dkersten 10y agoI've had a counterfeit laptop charger explode. Luckily nothing (besides the charger) was damaged. It wasn't a particularly big explosion or anything, just a pop and some smoke, but... Between that and the USB-cable-review-fiasco, I now no longer trust cheap knock-off cables. The chance of them destroying your devices or catching fire is just too great.
- infodroid 10y agoSurely the problem isn't counterfeit goods but the fact that there is no practical way to guarantee the electrical safety of goods purchased from Amazon. Why isn't it easier to test electrical safety, or why aren't all cables and chargers spot-check tested for safety?
- st3v3r 10y agoThe problem IS counterfeit goods, as when they fail, which they will, the consumer thinks that it's from the brand themselves, which causes them undue hardship.
- infodroid 10y agoWhy is it "undue hardship" for a brand to face competition from imitators?
- st3v3r 10y agoBecause it's not fair competition. If you competed against a brand with your own brand, and made it clear that you were not associated with that brand, then it'd be ok. But that's not what we're talking about. We're talking about jackasses that imitate the brand, so the consumer thinks it is the brand that they're dealing with. So when things go wrong, they don't blame the rando counterfeiter, they blame the brand itself.