Italy probably has a different culture. Maybe it will work there, or they’ll learn the hard way.

It’s pretty old. Feddit.de was replaced with feddit.org a while ago.

I don’t see why a hub shouldn’t be able to supply power… it will disable PD modes and limit everything to 5V though

Just make sure to use it on 5V-only chargers. You can glue it to one of them.

Solar can be non-destructively disconnected and the remote control infrastructure is there

Not much work really, but few companies want their spaghetti code seen publicly.