• lud@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      58 minutes ago

      Of course they have heard of those cables. They very likely own a few themselves.

      It would be nice to only have to carry a single C-C cable in your bag though.

    • Darkassassin07@lemmy.caEnglish
      492·
      1 day ago

      It’s not so much the connector; but the power delivery standard.

      Type A maxes out at 5v 3a = 15w and is often limited closer to 5v 1a = 5w for public-use charging ports.

      Type C and its power delivery standards can get as high as 50v 5a = 250w (though usually closer to 20v 5a = 100w)

      Then again… The negotiation for what voltage/amperage to supply happens over the data lines which you don’t want connected on a public charging port…

      I dont really see a good solution here.

        • Darkassassin07@lemmy.caEnglish
          102·
          1 day ago

          Yes, obviously that’s always been an option.

          I dont see a good solution for the topic we were actually talking about: creating high-power public use charging ports.

          • myplacedk@lemmy.worldEnglish
            71·
            5 hours ago

            Charge the powerbank with the public charger. No data to steal, no expensive phone with sensitive electronics to break.

            • med@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              21·
              5 hours ago

              One day, I’m sure there will be a defcon talk about reprogramming powerbanks to fry devices.