You've never needed the Nintendo brick to charge a Switch. You can charge it with a standard 5W iPhone or whatever adapter. To use a Switch DOCKED you do need a power adapter that supports 15V 2.6A. Originally this was not in the USB C PD spec so most bricks couldn't. It now is and for example a 97W Apple brick will do it no problem. Where Nintendo went out of spec is in the dock to make it easier to plug in. The brick is fine and I've used it charge phones and things, never fried anything and I've never heard of the Nintendo brick frying anything. You might be thinking of some 3rd party Switch docks which fried Switchs because they improperly sent power.
Do you consider it a problem that a PC USB 2.0 port won't charge a Lightning equipped iPad while being used? That a 5W iPhone brick won't fast charge it? That a 60W MagSafe brick won't allow a 2015 MacBook Pro to charge and go all out at the same time?
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You've never needed the Nintendo brick to charge a Switch. You can charge it with a standard 5W iPhone or whatever adapter. To use a Switch DOCKED you do need a power adapter that supports 15V 2.6A. Originally this was not in the USB C PD spec so most bricks couldn't. It now is and for example a 97W Apple brick will do it no problem. Where Nintendo went out of spec is in the dock to make it easier to plug in. The brick is fine and I've used it charge phones and things, never fried anything and I've never heard of the Nintendo brick frying anything. You might be thinking of some 3rd party Switch docks which fried Switchs because they improperly sent power.
So you agree, this all requires esoteric knowledge and looking up specs for what each cable and device can support?
I mean, who in the world is going to do voltage comparisons, aside from us nerds?
Do you consider it a problem that a PC USB 2.0 port won't charge a Lightning equipped iPad while being used? That a 5W iPhone brick won't fast charge it? That a 60W MagSafe brick won't allow a 2015 MacBook Pro to charge and go all out at the same time?