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Gigachadyesterday at 9:46 PM0 repliesview on HN

It's because they are straight up defective. The USB-C spec is pretty clear in that the power pins have 0v until you signal for a voltage. This isn't a failure of USB-C, you should just return defective devices to the OEM.

Thankfully this defect is becoming less common outside of temu junk.