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irstupid on 13 February 2017
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potato_hamster said:
Pyro as Bill said:

Low quality power cable/plug could fry Switch/screw the battery. Low quality video connectors will mess up the display. Remote controls and a plastic stand aren't going to do that. Switch is going to be in and out of that dock all the time. Samsung and Apple both do it and Nintendo is supposed to be competing with smartphones these days so it makes sense.

I'm sure Nintendo has their reasons but even if it's to give themselves room for a price cut later, I don't care.

Plainly, you don't know what you're talking about.

There are standards to prevent such nonsense from happening. In order for an electronic device to be sold, it has to pass international standards to ensure it doesn't do exactly what you think could happen. In the US, that organization is called the Federal Commucations Commission (FCC) that ensures that products meet the standards set out by organizations like IEEE. You can't just make whatever product you like, claim it meets these standards, and release it into the world to fuck over whoever bought it. It doesn't work that way. For example here's an article on the Switch's pro controller passing certification. http://www.ubergizmo.com/2017/01/nintendo-switch-pro-controller-fcc/

Low quality video cables cannot mess up a display. That's impossible. All they do is carry a signal, and with HDMI, since it is a digital signal, you either get a perfect image or you don't get any image so long as the cable is within a certain length. That's why a  6' $5 HDMI cable is just as effective as a 6' $100 HDMI cable so long as they meet the same HDMI specification, and again, if the're FCC certified (and they are), they have to meet the spec specified on the cable.

This is anti-consumer nickel-and-diming horse shit. This would be the same as if Sony required all PS4 use special Sony-branded PS4 HDMI cables that inconveniently cost $100, and locked out all other HDMI cables. Even if it came with one in the box, people would be justifiably outraged and you know it.

Did you not pay attention when the whole cheap usb-c's cords were frying peoples electronics?