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What's the best purchase under 50 dollars you've ever made? (lazysoci.al)
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[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 23 hours ago

You need to look at the wire gauge. Cheap cables will be thin, thus higher resistance. Iirc the usb specs are between 28awg to 20awg. So you need to look for 20awg for charging.