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> It mandates a USB C connector. They weren’t smart enough to mandate that “all USB C cables sold in the EU must actually meet the standard”.

Then I don't know why you're spending so many posts purely about cables in complaint of this law. Cables have gone from unregulated to unregulated.

If your underlying argument is "this is in the right direction but they should have gone further", you are not coming across that way with all your other posts.

> Then you also have the opposite problem. If the USB cable supports higher wattage power delivery, some low wattage USB C devices like headphones won’t charge.

Do you mean like the thing with raspberry pis? That wasn't about wattage, their miswiring meant that any cable with a tag would fail.

Otherwise I don't see how that kind of failure is possible.



> Otherwise I don't see how that kind of failure is possible.

Don’t you just love the USB C “standard”?

https://www.quora.com/Why-do-my-headphones-only-charge-with-...

Just so you don’t think I’m choosing some no name headphones as an example

https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/articles/00271328


I don't blame noncompliant cables on the standard. Why would I?

Your first link has one answer that starts with "likely because it’s not usbC"

Your second link just seems like ass covering? The only complaints I can find of those not charging seem to be unrelated to the cable used.


Those cables would be very much in compliance with the “standard” mandated by the EU. The EU only mandated the connector.




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