Having a cable that's the same on both ends and also in both orientations is kind of nice. Having a standard with decent power delivery is even nicer. I no long

Having a cable that's the same on both ends and also in both orientations is kind of nice. Having a standard with decent power delivery is even nicer. I no longer have to pack special power adapters and cables for multiple devices, and worry about those devices becoming unusable if I lose either. I can just pack a generic charger and know that it will work well enough for everything I have. I might pack two kinds of cables (micro and C) but I can also get those just about anywhere so that's not a worry. Definitely an improvement there. OTOH, the fact that different identical-looking cables will support different charging rates, data rates, and even functionality is insane. USB-IF really messed up by not requiring clear standardized labeling of these things on every cable and adapter. Besides the fact that the ambiguity is inconvenient, it enables outright fraud. The market is full of cables which don't actually do what the one that came with your device did, which might even claim to do it, but you never know until you actually open the package and try to use it ... which is too late. Also, not USB-IF's fault, but why are there so damn few chargers with more than one USB-C port? I understand that it would be unreasonable to expect much power through more than one, but it's also annoying that I need to have A-to-C cables because I have more C devices than I have ports.