You've got these manufactures that are struggling to make basic AC->DC inverters and now you want to throw on a negotiation step? Yeah, not going to end well for these cost cutting idiots.
There are going to be destroyed devices and fires because some idiot decides "Just hard wire 20v and be done with it!"
But then how did you assess the quality of Apple's chargers? Can the same methodology not be applied then to other brands as well?
Overall most of those companies have excellent track records, but I bet everybody still remembers the exploding batteries from Samsung. Meanwhile, Sony actually has a pretty spotty track record (depending on where privacy and safety overlap for you), but most people have forgotten the root kit scandal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootk...
How do you judge the quality and safety of charger purely by size? Is bigger safer, or is smaller safer? And if so, why don't other brands of the same size meet your quality standard based on that yardstick.
>and demonstrated product quality in other areas
Like their multi-year run of defective butterfly keyboards or hinge design that would cut through the MacBooks display cable over time causing the famous "stagelight effect" AKA "flexgate" where you'd being charged $600 to fix the $6 ribbon cable[1]?
[1]https://www.extremetech.com/computing/284236-some-apple-lapt...
Edit: Ah, I see the downvotes are already here. I guess criticism of Apple with proof is not tolerated on HN.
I'm pretty sure spoonjim was referring to the size of Apple, not the size of the chargers they make.
And how does one battery incident from one brand prove that Apple is the best at making chargers? We're talking about different things here.
"iPhones don't explode so Apple must be the best?"
Samsung Note 7 exploded before it was taken of the market, but any other brand or model did not, so unless you want to hang on the 2016 Samsung Note 7 incident as strawman argument, you have provided no valid arguments.
Who is more likely to commit murder, a randomly selected person or a randomly selected person from those with an existing murder conviction?
How does one negative battery incident from Samsung prove that Apple makes the safest chargers of ALL the major electronics manufacturers?
Because so far you provided no proof or arguments to support this other than "murderer" metaphors and opinionated brand loyalty wrapped in whataboutism focused towards one particular incident, then move the goalpost from safety to quality instead and I showed you proof that quality does not equal safety or vice versa.
Apple phones had antenna problems. You probably should not buy that brand anymore.
If you keep moving the 'logic' goalposts to justify 'Apple is the best', then let me point out to you that bad reception IS just as bad, if not worse than batteries that could potentially explode.
If you've got an accident or an emergency in a more remote area and can't get a reception to communicate all the details to the emergency services in time, then you or others could very well die.
And, as opposed to batteries which due to chemistry reactions are more unpredictable and complex to lab-test for real world use, antenna design and reception quality can be easily tested in the lab before launching the product (RF engineer here), instead of blaming the users for "holding it wrong", so Apple gets no pardons from me on this life endangering fuckup.
Plus, the phones with battery issues that have actually exploded were not more than a handful, so the risk of you actually being affected was low but all were recalled and refunded vs iPhone 4's poor antenna design which would plague all the phones, all the time and instead of a recall you got a rubber bumper lol.
It's well known that Apple prioritizes thinness, aesthetics and industrial design over function and reliability which is ironic given how stupid the magic mouse looks when it's charging.[1] How Jonny Ive green-lit that is beyond me.
Source? Sound interesting!
http://www.righto.com/2012/05/apple-iphone-charger-teardown-...
http://www.righto.com/2016/03/counterfeit-macbook-charger-te...