But I wonder if they have run afoul of the EU Radio Equipment Directive in this case, by refusing to receive power from some devices.
Sorry for being out of the loop, but is this recent?
I have been annoyed on my ps5 dualsense controller since purchase, as it wont take charge from several of my USB-C cables. Most notably it refuses to take charge from my macbook USB-C charging cable.
One of those small annoyances, I need a "special" usb-c cable around just to charge my usb-c controller...
Had the same issue, thought I was going crazy, luckily it's my alternative charger, since I don't own any some products
I have ds and ds pro, no problem with either.
(I own no PS4 or PS5)
Probably some unintentional, accidental incompatibility rather than by design.
The Mac charger cables won’t sync a phone because they’re power only, iirc.
But even a five year old can understand “use this charger/connect and it charges fast, that other one is very slow, and this one doesn’t work.”
It’s way more annoying to the parents.
It's funny to consider the layers upon layers of abstraction modern children are taught as common sense. Putting water in a container is one thing, but charging a battery must be downright metaphysical at that age.
Is this behavior also present in the EU? Was the legality of this in the EU discussed already?
It's pretty unclear from the article if this is about charging or video. DRM for video might be OK if properly labelled in the shop, but not charging.
I really hope the USB-IF punishes this behavior, and the EU too. Don't use the USB-C connector if you don't have honorable intentions regarding interoperability.
The EU also only requires USB-C for charging, and the Switch 2 is entirely compliant with that.
snvzz•7mo ago