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by lxgr 331 days ago
USB-C hosts and power adapters are only allowed to provide 5V if they can sense a downstream device (either via a network of resistors or via explicit PD negotiation).

Out-of-spec USB-C devices sometimes skip that, and out-of-spec USB-C chargers often (somewhat dangerously) always supply 5V, so the two mistakes sort of cancel out.