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USB does mean that already! If you have two spec-compliant devices, connecting them with a USB cable should never cause one to get fried.

• cududa 4y ago
  But that's not how it actually goes. Many devices aren't actually spec compliant
  • notatoad 4y ago
    that's pretty much not true anymore. the wild west after USB-C first came out is over, testers are available enough and sketchy vendors get shamed loudly enough that unless you're buying cables at unreasonably dodgy stores, you're going to get something spec-compliant.
    • 29083011397778 4y ago
      Snap-On still sells (along with many others) flashlights that charge via USB-C... only when using an A-C cable. Just as long as we're shaming non-compliant vendors.
      • jefftk 4y ago
        This isn't an example of someone still selling a device that either fries others or gets fried, though, right?