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The USB consortium seemingly refuses to do anything that would hamper adoption, even if it's bad for consumers. They could make a list of icons that products ca
by colejohnson66 4y ago
The USB consortium seemingly refuses to do anything that would hamper adoption, even if it's bad for consumers. They could make a list of icons that products can put on if they support. So a cable that supports 15W charging would indicate it with a little icon on the product or packaging. Then mandate a testing procedure, where failure to follow it or lying about the results is trademark infringement.
- danhor 4y agoThat's ... exactly what happened? https://www.usb.org/sites/default/files/usb_type-c_cable_power_rating_logo_usage_guidelines_020222.pdf https://www.usb.org/sites/default/files/usb_type-c_cable_pow... (for an older example without cable ratings: https://www.usb.org/sites/default/files/usb-if_logo_usage_guidelines_final_as_of_november_30_2018_locked.pdf https://www.usb.org/sites/default/files/usb-if_logo_usage_gu...) It's just that no one cares. Some vendors now let the USB-IF compliance test most products (Amazon Basics, Apple), but no consumer cares. Even amongst the ones which do certify their product, no one uses the logo.