This charger has an expiration date of 2021-11-22. No charging will be possible past this day!

Oh yeah. Your charger suddenly stops working. Why? Manufacturer issued and update which broke it. Or someone hacked it because it had actual components with data which could be altered.

Don't forget your iCharger in the car because no other usb charger will work on an iCrap device. And ofc, iCharger will not work on any other device.

So, now phone manufacturers will be able to require you to use only "authentic" chargers with your phone.....

K.S.:

Anyone smell Apple's "endorsing" of this?

Who else? Over priced authorized headphones, chargers, dongles for dongles ... you name it. Just like that iOS update that blocked certain repaired phones from functioning, we may see an iOS update that won't let you charge your phone lol.

K.S.:

How this doesn't go against anti-competitive laws since there are essentially markets already built on peripherals & Apple and other OEMs have long held licensing contracts with Belkin etc said vendors to manufacturer said products in the past, ie lightning cables etc.. so... ?? Ya know what "what else is new"

Well, going into that direction. I expect that instead of blocking everyone else from making otherwise perfectly compatible devices, it will be used to ensure that "license fees" are paid. "Do you want to make charger for our phones? Pay!" Looks bad, but it is not like we do not have it already around. And a lot of people endorsed it too. - - -==> G-Sync Module (tm) But in case of USB charger, payment will not be for overpriced module. It will be for Phone manufacturer to add communication ID of charger into list of approved devices.

You're all raising some pretty valid points but on the flip side, usb 3.1 can deliver some pretty hefty power output, and badly made cheap chargers can catch on fire or brick devices. Example from top of my head is that the switch uses specs outside compliance so using a 3.1 charger block while it's docked can brick it. But I do see it more likely as you're all getting at we'll official branded chargers. But still then, wouldn't you just be able to use a 2a USB 2 charger block?

scatman839:

You're all raising some pretty valid points but on the flip side, usb 3.1 can deliver some pretty hefty power output, and badly made cheap chargers can catch on fire or brick devices. Example from top of my head is that the switch uses specs outside compliance so using a 3.1 charger block while it's docked can brick it. But I do see it more likely as you're all getting at we'll official branded chargers. But still then, wouldn't you just be able to use a 2a USB 2 charger block?

It depends in their intentions. On old USB 2.0 power supply signals to device its capability to deliver current by having specific resistivity between data+ and data-. IIRC shorting data+ and data- => 2A. Then it was up to devices to have circuitry design which would change its electrical properties to allow for certain power draw. That standard did support only 5V in all cases. Currently we have USB 2.0 with quick charge feature 2 and 3. That works by bi-directional signaling through changes of resistivity on both ends and basically results in negotiation of highest possible voltage and current. In worst case scenario power supply incorrectly reads signaling from device and uses higher than desirable voltage. Here 2nd standard went to up-to 12V in 3 stages (5/9/12V). 3rd standard goes up to 20V in 200mV steps. Which is a lot of stages and likely not needed. And currently 4th standard which includes USB 3.0 is rather unknown to me. Wiki states 20V maximum, chargers themselves too. Again increments in 200mV depending on negotiation. Then currents listed are just all over place. There are chargers doing 20V/5A too. But it is not like device supporting same version of quick charge (able to be supplied by certain voltage) will burn due to over-current as device has to have its circuits designed in way that it is able to limit current. (That's at least for USB 2.0 devices as they need to have backward compatibility even with that old 5V/2A standard. As there it is up to device circuitry to change its electrical to enable higher currents as power supply just announce "I can do max 2A".)

K.S.:

How this doesn't go against anti-competitive laws since there are essentially markets already built on peripherals & Apple and other OEMs have long held licensing contracts with Belkin etc said vendors to manufacturer said products in the past, ie lightning cables etc.. so... ?? Ya know what "what else is new"

https://www.usb.org/sites/default/files/antitrust_guidelines.pdf I'm sure there will be no shortage of lawsuits by third party manufacturers if what you claim is true.