• calisti@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 days ago

    Let me introduce you to the magic of USB Power Delivery, an incredible standard that brought forth USB-C devices that can’t work at all with USB-C chargers, since they don’t speak the required protocol.

    Slow charging is compatibility mode. That’s a tad better than not working at all.

    Yay to the USB standards bodies, and the many non-standards implementers, I guess.

    • Jumuta@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      it’s not even just unsupported protocols, it’s also about voltage levels the charger and device supports