It's beginning to look like consolidating a variety of capabilities into one connector was a bad idea. There's no way to differentiate what features are suppor

It's beginning to look like consolidating a variety of capabilities into one connector was a bad idea. There's no way to differentiate what features are supported on any given USB-C port. USB A was different in that the features were only on the device being attached. USB 1-3 was a bus only. Though even then, there were rarely markings to distinguish between USB 1 and 2 (when that distinction was relevant). And there is no way to know if a given USB hub will provide enough power to your device until you plug it in. At the root, it seems like Thunderbolt, or Thunderbolt over the USB-C port is more the issue. I've even run into this same problem with Thunderbolt ports on PCs vs. Macs. On a Surface Pro, Thunderbolt is video only, for Ethernet you have to use a USB-attached device. On a Mac, Thunderbolt does both.