Kmart lied to me, so I hacked their lamp [video]

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91 points jackedEngineer | 1 comments | 12 Apr 25 18:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.244s | source

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consp ◴[15 Apr 25 10:04 UTC] No.43690891[source]▶

https://www.thestockpot.net/videos/whykmart for those who do not want to watch a video like me.

Isn't the use of USB-C promotion without at minimum basic USB compatability disallowed?

I have a few devices which have a USB-A to barrel plug, but they do not advertise anything and afaik that is perfectly fine. And they also only work with a normal USB charger, not the fancy ones.

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pharrington ◴[15 Apr 25 10:56 UTC] No.43691148[source]▶

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Mountain_Skies ◴[15 Apr 25 11:33 UTC] No.43691354[source]▶

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Downvoted because he's in Australia and there was no reason for you to bring your personal political axe grinding into a tech discussion.

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1. pharrington ◴[15 Apr 25 16:56 UTC] No.43695513[source]▶

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Yes, it was my mistake assuming he was in the US. I only read the blog post and did not see this was KMart Australia. The poster asking "Isn't the use of USB-C promotion without at minimum basic USB compatability disallowed?" is explicitly a social/political issue. KMart lying about its products is explicitly a social problem thats larger than just one person replacing a circuit board in his lamp. Hopefully there are legal remedies that can be taken in Australia for violating industry regulations.

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