[throwaway7679]

Screwing customers with sabotaged crap is standard Nintendo behavior. See also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30773214

But I wonder if they have run afoul of the EU Radio Equipment Directive in this case, by refusing to receive power from some devices.

[0points]

> But I wonder if they have run afoul of the EU Radio Equipment Directive in this case, by refusing to receive power from some devices.

Sorry for being out of the loop, but is this recent?

I have been annoyed on my ps5 dualsense controller since purchase, as it wont take charge from several of my USB-C cables. Most notably it refuses to take charge from my macbook USB-C charging cable.

One of those small annoyances, I need a "special" usb-c cable around just to charge my usb-c controller...

[MonaroVXR]

> Most notably it refuses to take charge from my macbook USB-C charging cable.

Had the same issue, thought I was going crazy, luckily it's my alternative charger, since I don't own any some products

[attendant3446]

I didn't have this problem when I had a PS5. Is it a known problem? Because I charged my controller using a Sennheiser headphone cable, and even an old type-A to type-C cable worked. Never had a single problem.

[bombcar]

The biggest annoyance of USB-C is the proliferation of identical looking cables that are actually physically and computationally different.

The Mac charger cables won’t sync a phone because they’re power only, iirc.

[snvzz]

>I have been annoyed on my ps5 dualsense controller

I have ds and ds pro, no problem with either.

(I own no PS4 or PS5)

Probably some unintentional, accidental incompatibility rather than by design.

[Deukhoofd]

That directive (Radio Equipment Directive of 2022) has been in effect since December 2024, so fairly recent.