PD hosts are required to monitor and limit current draw. Any magic smoke released is the fault of the host device, not the peripheral that tried to draw too much current.
thats what i mean, and when they dont limit current draw because despite being required to the design is cheaper faster not better, then thats it.
you get heat at the highest resistance so port gets very hot and undervoltage beyond that resistance, so device gets wonky, unless it is regulated, to prop up the voltage
