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How Nintendo locked down the Switch 2’s USB-C port and broke third-party docking (www.theverge.com)
submitted 3 days ago by onlooker@lemmy.ml to c/gaming@beehaw.org
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Doesn't this run counter to EU's rule that all small electronic devices - which the Switch 2 falls under - need to have USB-C chargers? In the sense that even though the plug is USB-C shaped, it's not compliant to the standard?

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[–] byzxor@beehaw.org 20 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I mean, the Switch 1 also abused the heck out of the USB-C specification (I can't find the really good write up anymore unfortunately :( ) Not surprising they would do something similar here. This post suggests it's not actually that dire

The EU AFAIK only requires that USB-C charging needs to be compliant.

ETA: This is in no way me going in to bat for the big N

[–] onlooker@lemmy.ml 17 points 3 days ago

Ah, fair point. Still, I'm not too jazzed about Nintendo making their own USB standard. They may as well call it just SB, because there's nothing universal about this.

[–] oneser@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 days ago

Yeah the requirements are for USB-C power delivery for devices capable of charging @ (if I remember correctly) > 15W.

The requirement was placed in the radio equipment directive of the EU so unlikely they will amend it to add requirements for USB-C cabled data transmission.