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Sure. And support is paying for people that are buying chargers that are too weak. Or otherwise crappy. This is a Dutch source, but BTO charged 25 eur to remov
by teekert 6mo ago
Sure. And support is paying for people that are buying chargers that are too weak. Or otherwise crappy.
This is a Dutch source, but BTO charged 25 eur to remove the charger [0], because they prefer not to deal with people trying their own wonky chargers. Ok, so this was a 100 W+ laptop, arguably different (BTO only does this with 100 W+ models).
[0]: https://tweakers.net/nieuws/245774/bto-rekent-25-euro-boete-om-gamelaptops-te-leveren-zonder-adapter.html https://tweakers.net/nieuws/245774/bto-rekent-25-euro-boete-...
- retired 6mo agoBTO does that because their laptops use more than what USB-PD can deliver (240 watt). That is an understandable use case for supplying a power adapter.
- throwuxiytayq 6mo agoJust display a warning during purchase. This is a UI/communication issue. It’s up to the customer to decide whether they want to risk the opt out. I bought a laptop without a charger the other day, plugged it into a charger I already had, and it works great (even under load). YMMV.