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This is basically a botspam talking point.
It doesn’t matter.
If you’ve got bad cables, you should do the same thing you would do with a bad iPhone cable or any other cable that no longer serves its purpose - recycle it.
Now buy another cable that’s actually good, if you don’t know which one that should be, maybe find out which ones your phone provider sells.
This is a self correcting issue over time.

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DdCno1@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
I was troubleshooting someone else’s cable - in this case the USB cable that came with their rather expensive Sony smartphone.

Also, it’s not self-correcting, because online stores are flooded with subpar cables, adapters and hubs that don’t even adhere to the most basic standards.

How on Earth is this very real issue a “botspam talking point”? The USB standard is a mess.

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- Railcar8095@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  
  stores are flooded with subpar cables, adapters and hubs that don’t even adhere to the most basic standards.
  
  This has been the truth before USB-C and applies to all categories (HDMI is one of the most outrageous).
  
  I’m not even sure what the solution is. Million connectors, one for each feature set? Even then you will find 240W rated cables on Amazon that melt with 100W.
  
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  - Salvo@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    The solution is a legislated minimum standard or quality.
    
    I’m surprised that the original legislation did not provide this guarantee.
    
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    Railcar8095@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    There’s no original legislation, there’s a specification. And the specification does have “quality” requirements. That some brands do not follow them while announcing them is illegal (to say the least, they are using the branding without permission).
    
    Cheap knockoff usually don’t follow the law…
    
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Salvo@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
The problem is that there is no certification of new good cables. There is no guarantee that the replacement cable may be just as defective as the one you are recycling.

One good thing about the MFA program was the proprietary chip guaranteed a minimum standard of quality. Unfortunately it also resulted in a minimum cost.

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