Ok hear me out. This is all because the Chinese do not care about US Copyright laws.

Corporations are terrified of releasing specs and instructions to build products with a “pay us if you use our trademarked designs” clause. Chinese copycat companies will not obey. You, the consumer, will have a hard time telling the real deal from the fake (cheaply made) knockoff.

The company that designed the product will not get paid and is at risk of their name being tarnished by bad / fake products. This is a lose-lose for a lot of companies, especially tech companies.

I just read a whole other news article and comments about people complaining about the lack of quality of Intel chips. This is a product the company has control over. Fake products flooding the market isn’t good for our safety (especially when it comes to cars) or the US economy.

I agree we shouldn’t be beholden to subscription fees and other faulty “old tech” issues but until a US startup pops who is willing to play nice with corporations’ legal trademarks we aren’t going to see the right to repair movement go anywhere.

Clean the lint out of your charging port.

The buzzing is from the connection ALMOST making it and disconnecting and reconnecting over and over. Turn your phone off if using a metal tool or paper clip.