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[–] Ghetto_Shitlord [S] ago 

It does sound like a scare article, but it is a real thing. Another Google engineer was testing cables when the New Nexus phones came out, and found that MOST of them were lying about what they support, or were just built cheaply / incorrectly. The problem here is that most of the cheap alternatives are shitty. 3A over this is also a spec fail, and I don't see how the cable won't get blisteringly hot. Like Thunderbolt, which got the axe in my building for anything that needed high power in my building, like a monitor. I had users getting burns from them.

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[–] Amadameus 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

The cable manufacturers lying is a separate problem, but I see it as arising from these ridiculous standards.

Consumers are expecting magic improvement across all fronts every time something new comes out, so hardware is getting pushed to the limits at the same time that consumers demand a "pretty" cable that's 2mm thick and flexes like silk. It's just not possible, but nobody's willing to tell consumers this because they'll immediately lose business.