There's
plenty of blame to go around here — the (mostly) no - name cable makers for peddling junk, retailers like Amazon for allowing it be
sold, the USB Implementers Forum for not getting the word out all that well — but the end result is anyone with a USB - C device having to take absurd precautions just to ensure they can use older
accessories or spare cables without blowing up their phone.
As a result, Amazon would seem to have less room for error than Apple, and while it has
plenty of high - margin products to
sell in the form
of accessories, the rumored mix
of Kindle devices and physical books doesn't seem incredibly enticing, especially when prices for Kindles are so low (that's the stuff you don't mind buying online) and only going lower.