Comment by Dylan16807
3 years ago
> The USB C cord that came with the previous MacBook Pros were power only
Which ones? The posts I can find say they do USB 2.0
> a lot of other USB C cables especially ones that come with headphones.
> The maximum wattage of the little USB C cable that comes with headphones certainly don’t support a minimum wattage that will charge a large iPhone at any appreciable speed.
Those cables don't meet the standard, then. The minimum is 3 amps and a single pair of data wires. And that doesn't require much, especially for a little 6 inch cable.
Where in the law did it mention a minimum wattage?
Now we've gone in a circle. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33365040
If the law mandates USB C, then it mandates 3 amps for cables.
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 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.
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