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It seems like OEMs are becoming brave enough to stop bundling a USB charging cable in their phone's packaging.

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[โ€“] sidebro@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Also ignorant people care about it. Somehow thinking that cable is meant for that phone specifically or something like that. Source: Worked in retail

[โ€“] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Had a guy on eBay wanting me to overnight a long outdated Fast Ethernet (10/100) switch because theirs had died. I was too late to get the message and lost the sale. Wrote him back saying any switch would work. NOPE. Had to be replaced with the exact model.