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by JohnTHaller
3465 days ago
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Except of course that Amazon now sells tons of counterfeit goods, some of which are downright dangerous. The majority of Apple chargers on Amazon are fake according to Apple itself. I bought a USB adapter from Aukey on Amazon and later found out its UL tag was fake and it had a habit of burning itself up. Turns out Aukey has quite a few of these on Amazon. Amazon ignores reports about it. |
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That being said, the production of these inferior cables is an inevitable outcome of the race to the bottom on everything. If you (metaphorical "you", not yourself in particular) believe the price for an official Apple ($20/2 meters) or Google ($25/1.8 meters) USB-C cable is too much and go looking for something cheaper, you've already started down a dangerous road. You've said your safety isn't worth $20 and are outsourcing your life to the lowest bidder. Then you find a 6 meter cable for $5 and say "I knew it! Apple/Google were ripping me off!". If you're lucky, it breaks and you grumble and buy another one. If you're unlucky, it lights your house on fire while your family is sleeping. Quality comes at a price, and shysters count on people not being willing to pay that price.
But yes I completely agree. Amazon should not be selling known counterfeit cables (or any other merchandise). There's no excuse for that, you should be able to inherently trust anything Amazon sells you to be genuine (even if it's genuine crap).