Even if you can get them cheaply the length limits on non-“active” thunderbolt 4 cables make them a poor choice as a universal replacement for a usb c cable in

Even if you can get them cheaply the length limits on non-“active” thunderbolt 4 cables make them a poor choice as a universal replacement for a usb c cable in many cases. Unless you have active cabling (hundreds of dollars or more typically for thunderbolt 4 and extremely rare) the Thunderbolt 4 spec maxes out at 2m for passive cables. You can have other flavours of USB C cable in longer lengths and still conform to spec. I’m in no rush to replace my laptop charging cable with a 2m one. Similarly, I use a ~5m usb c cable for a VR headset.