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> third-party USB supplies and wireless chargers that work great and are significantly cheaper than the Apple ones.

Have you checked those chargers against the UL certification database to confirm that the people who check the "won't catch on fire" part of the "works great" is actually true?



I do not cross-reference the UL database on each of my online shopping trips. I trust that the middle-priced brands (Amazon, Anker and the like) are not selling crap.


That's mighty self-assured, given Amazon's track record of selling (and commingling) crap.




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