[jefftk]

USB does mean that already! If you have two spec-compliant devices, connecting them with a USB cable should never cause one to get fried.

[cududa]

But that's not how it actually goes. Many devices aren't actually spec compliant

[notatoad]

that's pretty much not true anymore. the wild west after USB-C first came out is over, testers are available enough and sketchy vendors get shamed loudly enough that unless you're buying cables at unreasonably dodgy stores, you're going to get something spec-compliant.

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Snap-On still sells (along with many others) flashlights that charge via USB-C... only when using an A-C cable. Just as long as we're shaming non-compliant vendors.

[jefftk]

This isn't an example of someone still selling a device that either fries others or gets fried, though, right?