• jsveiga@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    48V and we’re back to POTS (plain old telephone system) voltages :-)

    I agree, but that’s the problem even from reputable sources, glitch happens. Old 5V-only chargers would need much more things to go wrong to fry our devices. A 20V (or 48V !) one is just a small (sw or hw) glitch away to zap a device that doesn’t support such voltages.

    • Kalash@feddit.ch
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      1 year ago

      The USB standard is usally really robust and the changes of SW errors is small. If you have a good brand laptop it will probably come with very reliable charger as well. I really don’t worry about it.