alt Hacker NewsSome cheaper devices I have (e.g. rechargeable LED light strip) _only_ charge via power-only cables. Was maddening when I realized I had thrown out all but one of the cables that can charge it.
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skinfaxi • yesterday at 11:43 PM
Some manufacturers don't want to do the power negotiation aspect which is the cause of this, I believe.
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gumby • today at 1:04 AM
Thankfully I’ve never encountered one. But I’ll check before discarding if I ever get a device that comes with one, thanks!
More often than not these are usually cheap Chinese devices that are expecting a USB-C to USB-A (power-only) cable, because they're actually USB-A devices, with USB-A circuitry, modified slightly to appear as if they're USB-C.
Basically they skipped out on building power negotiation smarts that are required to support real USB-C charging, and instead just swapped out the physical connector.