Comment by traceroute66
2 days ago
> Buying my cables from decent manufacturers does not tell me what specific version of USB a cable purports to support
A $40 toy won't tell you if the marker chips it has just read are fake / counterfeit.
You need the expensive kit for that.
I’ll be honest, man, it seems like you are not engaging in this discussion in good faith. You are hell-bent on pushing this viewpoint while completely ignoring what others are telling you their actual needs are.
We get it. A cheap tester will not tell me if a cable from a dodgy supplier is counterfeit. It will tell me what the capabilities are of the dozens of assorted cables I own from reputable manufacturers, which is otherwise difficult if not impossible to discern.
What the chip reports is itself inherently useful information, especially if you have cables from reliable manufacturers.
> You are hell-bent on pushing this viewpoint
Its not a viewpoint "man", it is a FACT.
There are people here actively using the term "it verifies" in relation to their $40 toy they bought on Amazon, they absolutely need to be corrected firmly.
A $40 toy DOES NOT "verify" anything it (a) Does a DC continuity test (b) Reads the chips on the cable. NOTHING ELSE.
People here trying to pretend it does more than a+b need a reality check.
I am not one of those people. Neither are the majority of the people you are replying to. Please go tilt at windmills elsewhere.