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by macspoofing 2802 days ago
>As a user, wouldn’t that be my call?

Sure. But it's the manufacturer's prerogative to build a device they want to build. Also this design decision is not to enforce copyright protection or is based on some other anti-consumer design, but rather is done for quality reasons - and that's a fair choice for them to make.

>Shouldn’t providing a safe charging be a charger manufacturer’s responsibility?

'safe' is ambiguous in this context. The charger may be 'safe' in that it won't catch fire and kill anybody, but may still prematurely cut your batteries life.