[opencl]

99% of people do not care what the USB spec says is allowed, if the thing works they will buy and use it.

See: every phone charger that outputs more than 500mA over a USB-A port. Doesn't comply with the spec, nobody cares, everyone does it.

Even the post says the only reason C-A adapters aren't allowed in the spec is that they can be chained with a C-C cable to make an A-A cable. They work fine if you don't do stupid things with them.

[Grazester]

Isn't current drawn? Meaning that the device doesn't have to use 500mA but could draw up to that much if need? So it would not hurt the device.

[danjoc]

Buyers may not know or care, but retailers do. Anyone can report that Amazon link shared earlier and Amazon will remove it as it is not spec compliant. Those type adapters are also non-existent at basically every electronics brick-and-mortar store I've visited.

https://www.androidpolice.com/2016/03/29/amazon-updates-its-...

[opencl]

Amazon has had this policy for years but unfortunately enforcement is a complete joke and they remain full of noncompliant hardware.

I do find it interesting that they ban noncompliant Type C devices but not noncompliant Type A devices. Probably because the Type A current spec has got to be among the world's most-violated standards.