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You haven't brought any of those cheap Chinese cables, haven't you? I have such cables, which can't be really used for charging as well as for fast data transf
by PinguTS 4y ago
You haven't brought any of those cheap Chinese cables, haven't you?
I have such cables, which can't be really used for charging as well as for fast data transfer. They are good for my development hardware kits, I have. Because those kits don't have any high power requirements. But I cannot use them to power my notebook.
- rbanffy 4y ago> You haven't brought any of those cheap Chinese cables, haven't you? Do you expect them to follow standards while being impossibly cheap to pay for the licensing of said standards?
- PinguTS 4y agoWhat you expect will average Joe buy at Amazon? What will be the key of comparing one cable with another?
- rbanffy 4y agoWhy would Amazon be selling non-compliant cables? Wouldn't that kind of be against the law?
- microtonal 4y agoWell, with Amazon's co-mingling, you can't be sure that even brand cables are authentic.
- rbanffy 4y agoThat's not a problem a standard can solve.
- plonk 4y agoI buy best-selling cable packs costing a few euros per unit on Amazon. They charge and connect anything I own that has a USB-C plug.
- microtonal 4y agoBut they may be very suboptimal. Most likely, they are not Thunderbolt or USB4 capable. Also, there is no guarantee that they can supply higher wattages.
- plonk 4y agoI don't think this matters as much as some on HN think. People look for an iPhone charger, not for a USB4.0 Gen2 40W fast-charging cable and assorted wall plug that will transfer their movie collection in 2 minutes and charge to 100% in 5.