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I've never understood why these companies don't just add a redline: make the battery chargeable to 110%. By default have it stop charging at the recommended 10

I've never understood why these companies don't just add a redline: make the battery chargeable to 110%. By default have it stop charging at the recommended 100%, but let the user decide if they need that to go beyond that and are willing to damage their battery health to do so.

theshrike79 3y ago
> let the user decide Most users don't know enough about battery chemistry. WAY too many people don't even understand how USB charging work, their brains are still stuck in the barrel jack charging ages where the charger pushed power and the device just took it (or blew up).