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by rahimnathwani 1526 days ago
"there's a million and 1 USB-C chargers from many different manufactures"

How many of these are compliant with specs? How would you know? If you fry your $1000 iPhone due to choosing incorrectly, will Apple refund you?
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egwor 1526 days ago
See joshvm’s reply here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31112241
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rahimnathwani 1526 days ago
MFi doesn't cover USB-C chargers: https://mfi.apple.com/en/faqs.html

If MFi did cover chargers, the iPhone warranty conditions would then be forcing you to buy a charger that is made by either Apple, or a company that's paying fees to Apple.

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tinus_hn 1525 days ago
I love how in one hand HackerNews is gushing over how the EU might perhaps be planning to mandate USB-C ports in iPhones for the 50th time, and on the other hand HackerNews wants to live in a world where Apple users have to be compensated for only being able to use Apple chargers for their standard USB-C ports.

This story is not about standards or chargers, it can be shortened to

Hurr durr Apple bad LOL amirite!

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