most of the cables I used did have that... but the "top" side was only ever usable with laptops... lots of desktops had the ports upside down, and other USB hos

most of the cables I used did have that... but the "top" side was only ever usable with laptops... lots of desktops had the ports upside down, and other USB hosts like monitors, TVs, chargers, cars frequently have the ports sideways, or top/bottom...