From CNN
Amazon will no longer allow the sale of USB cords that could potentially fry your gadgets.
<< In its list of banned items, updated this week, Amazon now includes "any USB-C cable or adapter product that is not compliant with standard specifications."
The new USB Type-C power cord standard is small, multipurpose, universal and reversible. They're capable of supplying way more power to a gadget than the old micro-USB cords, which for years have been the standard cords for smartphones.
If you charge your smartphone by plugging your USB-C cord into your laptop, a faulty cord could drain far more power from your laptop than your computer is designed to supply, destroying it -- and your smartphone -- in an instant. [ ... ] >>
The list of banned items is interesting ......