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This is going to be a really sticky issue for a consumer. Randomly not working with some subset of USB-C cables is the sort of thing you expect the engineering

This is going to be a really sticky issue for a consumer. Randomly not working with some subset of USB-C cables is the sort of thing you expect the engineering team to consider - and they missed it. How do you think the average enthusiast is going to figure out that their Pi4 no longer works because of the USB-C cable they're using? At best they'll decide the cable is faulty, use a different cable and probably bin the old one, at worst they'll just come to the conclusion the Pi is bricked and bin it.

morsch 7y ago
How do you think the average enthusiast is going to figure out that their Pi4 no longer works because of the USB-C cable they're using? Presumably they're going to search for pi 4 does not power on and get their answer as the first search result[1]. You know, the same way the average enthusiast figures out the other twenty seven roadblocks they stumble on during their RPi project. Not to minimize that it'll be an issue for those people who don't happen to have a compatible charger laying around. [1] For me, at the time of posting: https://hackaday.com/2019/06/28/power-to-the-pi-4-some-chargers-may-not-make-the-grade/ https://hackaday.com/2019/06/28/power-to-the-pi-4-some-charg...