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Are you suggesting there is no middle ground and that simply knowing if a USB-C cable is a USB C cable or a fake one can't be done with a cheap tester?

traceroute66 1mo ago
> Are you suggesting there is no middle ground Sadly yes. Like many people on that thread concluded: The best "middle ground" thing you can do is pay a premium to buy your cables from reputable manufacturers.
- stouset 1mo ago
  Buying my cables from decent manufacturers does not tell me what specific version of USB a cable purports to support, what voltage of USB-PD it can transmit, whether or not it can do Thunderbolt or DisplayPort, or a dozen other random capabilities inherent in these cables.
  - traceroute66 1mo ago
    > Buying my cables from decent manufacturers does not tell me what specific version of USB a cable purports to support A $40 toy won't tell you if the marker chips it has just read are fake / counterfeit. You need the expensive kit for that.
    - stouset 1mo ago
      I’ll be honest, man, it seems like you are not engaging in this discussion in good faith. You are hell-bent on pushing this viewpoint while completely ignoring what others are telling you their actual needs are. We get it. A cheap tester will not tell me if a cable from a dodgy supplier is counterfeit. It will tell me what the capabilities are of the dozens of assorted cables I own from reputable manufacturers, which is otherwise difficult if not impossible to discern. What the chip reports is itself inherently useful information, especially if you have cables from reliable manufacturers.
      - traceroute66 1mo ago
        > You are hell-bent on pushing this viewpoint Its not a viewpoint "man", it is a FACT. There are people here actively using the term "it verifies" in relation to their $40 toy they bought on Amazon, they absolutely need to be corrected firmly. A $40 toy DOES NOT "verify" anything it (a) Does a DC continuity test (b) Reads the chips on the cable. NOTHING ELSE. People here trying to pretend it does more than a+b need a reality check.
        stouset 1mo ago
        I am not one of those people. Neither are the majority of the people you are replying to. Please go tilt at windmills elsewhere.

traceroute66 1mo ago

> Are you suggesting there is no middle ground Sadly yes. Like many people on that thread concluded: The best "middle ground" thing you can do is pay a premium to buy your cables from reputable manufacturers.

stouset 1mo ago
Buying my cables from decent manufacturers does not tell me what specific version of USB a cable purports to support, what voltage of USB-PD it can transmit, whether or not it can do Thunderbolt or DisplayPort, or a dozen other random capabilities inherent in these cables.
- traceroute66 1mo ago
  > Buying my cables from decent manufacturers does not tell me what specific version of USB a cable purports to support A $40 toy won't tell you if the marker chips it has just read are fake / counterfeit. You need the expensive kit for that.
  - stouset 1mo ago
    I’ll be honest, man, it seems like you are not engaging in this discussion in good faith. You are hell-bent on pushing this viewpoint while completely ignoring what others are telling you their actual needs are. We get it. A cheap tester will not tell me if a cable from a dodgy supplier is counterfeit. It will tell me what the capabilities are of the dozens of assorted cables I own from reputable manufacturers, which is otherwise difficult if not impossible to discern. What the chip reports is itself inherently useful information, especially if you have cables from reliable manufacturers.
    - traceroute66 1mo ago
      > You are hell-bent on pushing this viewpoint Its not a viewpoint "man", it is a FACT. There are people here actively using the term "it verifies" in relation to their $40 toy they bought on Amazon, they absolutely need to be corrected firmly. A $40 toy DOES NOT "verify" anything it (a) Does a DC continuity test (b) Reads the chips on the cable. NOTHING ELSE. People here trying to pretend it does more than a+b need a reality check.
      - stouset 1mo ago
        I am not one of those people. Neither are the majority of the people you are replying to. Please go tilt at windmills elsewhere.