In theory, that would be convenient. In practice, you get stuff like this: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/363337/how-to-find-cause-of-high-kernel-t

In theory, that would be convenient. In practice, you get stuff like this: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/363337/how-to-find-cause-of-high-kernel-task-cpu-usage/363933 https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/363337/how-to-find... TL;DR: if your mac has high cpu load, try using the other side port for charging. Note that this is irrespective of the mess the article talks about, which just exacerbates the problem. In USB-C land, some (Endpoint-to-endpoint) connections are definitely a lot more equal than others.