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[–] blindjezebel@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Genuinely curious, how did Nintendo change their specs for USB C? I still charge both my steam deck and switch off the charger my deck came with, but only the deck works with the usb-c to hdmi dongle I got. How does that work?

[–] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There was quite a scandal years ago because the Switch could get fried by third-party docks.

I've heard different explanations and I'm not 100% sure what's true.

Here's a good FAQ on the topic. https://switchchargers.com/nintendo-switch-bricking-faq/

If anyone knows more about this, please share! I'm not sure if the Switch is indeed noncompliant or if that was just a rumor/hypothesis.

[–] Prof_Eibe@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

There is a paper of one thirdparty producer, that explains what happens in cheap products: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/08/heres-why-nintendo-switch-consoles-keep-frying/

[–] shinratdr@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

That I’m not exactly sure about. All I know is that every Apple device with USB-C I own works with all the USB-C docks I own with full port compatibility and video out, yet 3rd party docks have fried Switches and to get video out you need their dock.

If you search online I’m pretty sure people have gone indepth about what exactly Nintendo did differently.