Context: this is a legit screenshot I took on my workplace around 1.5 years ago. Hopefully it’s been patched by now? Completely ridiculous behavior

      • Skull giver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl
        61·
        1 year ago

        Say what you want about Apple’s cables, but at least they fucking work.

        You’d think Apple’s competitors would sell quality 100W Thunderbolt cables for a better price, but they’re often actually worse. Some companies don’t sell cables rated for more than 60W. Some only do charging, no high speed connectivity. Others sell cables that just don’t comply with the spec at all.

        Getting good USB-C cables sucks ass. Your best bet is Amazon cables from brands you never heard of and keeping your fingers crossed when you plug them in for the first time. You’ve got to make sure the cable doesn’t heat up too, because a charger cable that lies about its capabilities can burn down your house.

        Apple is one of the few major companies with a store you can bitch at that sells decent cables. That’s not a compliment to Apple, it shows how terrible every other large tech company is.

        Lenovo charges $57.99 for a 2ft cable. Asus doesn’t sell cables. LG charges $54 for a “monitor cable” with no power delivery specs. Dell is cheap with only $39 for a 1.5ft cable, $53 for a 6ft cable, but that only goes up to thunderbolt 3; for those specs, Apple charges $39. There are legit use cases where Apple is the cheapest reliable option, and that shows how shitty the PC industry has become.

        There are Thunderbolt 4 rates competitors, but their pricing isn’t that far off from Apple and it’s hard to tell how reliable they are because Amazon’s review system is broken, and most people only buy them to charge their phones anyway. Sitecom seems to sell cables for a bit less than Apple, but I only know Sitecom from shitty routers that stop working after two years, so I’m not sending 100W through that thing.

        • Nahdahar@lemmy.world
          4·
          1 year ago

          I feel you. The cable, adapter and usb hub market is fucking atrocious. Specifications are often inaccurate or insufficient. I’ve had so many headaches because of this, but at least we have a 14-day obligatory return policy in the EU.

        • derpgon@programming.dev
          3·
          1 year ago

          The only cables I buy are Ugreen. They do no break after a week, come in multiple lengths, and they don’t lie about specs.

          A 100W 1m charging cable, for example, retails here for 13$, or 10$ when you buy from Aliexpress/Evay/Amazon via their official store.

    • MartinXYZ@sh.itjust.works
      112·
      1 year ago

      Oh, I forgot about that one! Apple are full of shit. Also “it’s not a bug, it’s a feature” is a classic.

      Whoops, it seems the last one isn’t from Apple, I guess I’ve just seen it used about their products so many times I assumed it originated from them…sorry about that. I shouldn’t go around the internet assuming things.