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Nintendo Switch 2 Dock USB-C Compatibility

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298 points croes | 1 comments | 31 Aug 25 23:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.452s | source
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yuiegi ◴[01 Sep 25 05:23 UTC] No.45089705[source]▶
Back in COVID times, when I had all the time in the world, my Switch got bricked after I charged it using my laptop charger. Nintendo refused to honor its warranty, citing some mumbo jumbo about proprietary USB-C hardware. Fortunately, we have pretty good consumer protection laws here in Australia By the end of an entire two month saga, they sent me a brand new Switch.

I always did think it was odd that a USB-C cable that wasnt Nintendo could break my Switch.

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Cthulhu_ ◴[01 Sep 25 06:14 UTC] No.45089935[source]▶
Wow that's some nonsense; if it was proprietary, they would've gone back to using their own connectors.
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1. KeplerBoy ◴[01 Sep 25 07:39 UTC] No.45090430[source]▶
That's what we're discussing here. Nintendo is doing something proprietary with their usb-c video mode, hence it only works with their dock. Still a usb-c connector though, because they are dirt-cheap.