Apple to limit USB-C charging and data speeds for cables without MFI: Leak

I hope there are provisions in the EU law for not following the spirit of it? It seems incredulous that Apple will allow you to hook up any of their iPads and MacBooks with any sort of USB-C cable, but are seemingly going to limit iPhones to MFi certified ones. A MacBook will charge at 100W while an iPhone is what, 35W on some of them, 20W on the others? Also, limiting transfer speeds is just ridiculous as well. If a janky cable is going to be dangerous, it's going to be on the charging side of things, not from transferring data at USB-3 speeds.

I just want to remind everyone about the Nintendo Switch USB-C fiasco: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.destructoid.com&#x2F;after-the-mass-bricked-switch-situation-nintendo-explains-which-usb-c-cables-are-safe&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.destructoid.com&#x2F;after-the-mass-bricked-switch-si...</a>

Hey, why my phone is charging so slow? Because you have a stupid Apple phone.<p>Nobody is going to search out why. His Android is charging fast, but my Apple is not. So Apple has a problem. It is same like BSOD on Windows. It does not matter that random driver caused it, Windows got BSOD =&gt; Microsoft is to blame.

This is just a repost of a blog post discussed on HN last week. And it&#x27;s not clear if that blog post was even correct: it&#x27;s quite likely that the poster confused the USB C e-marker with the MFI program and chips.<p>Not that Apple might not put some restrictions in place -- there is plenty of opportunity -- but on the power side there&#x27;s no win for them beyond defending against dangerous power supplies.

MFi if reading comments first:<p>&gt; For those unaware of MFi, it stands for ‘Made For iPhone&#x2F;iPod&#x2F;iPad” and is Apple’s official licensing program for accessories for those devices. Royalties associated with MFi certification are not made public, but were previously reported to cost as much as $4 per connector. This is why MFi-licensed accessories cost significantly more than their unlicensed counterparts.

Huh, 14 comments in and no one telling me why this is actually good for me yet. Is the mirage finally wearing off?

Wow, this is like a playground bully making up their own rules. This was the whole point of adopting a standard...even their Mac&#x27;s &amp; iPads don&#x27;t do this BS. Definitely looking forward to a anticompetitive lawsuit

Either Apple is being childish, or they simply cannot meet a standard that someone else have created.

Not supporting USB PD will run afoul of the EU standard. I wonder what the bureaucracy will think of it.