I'm not really sure there's any useful solution to the USB-C power delivery problem, unless it becomes mandated that every device offers some sort of UI-friendl

I'm not really sure there's any useful solution to the USB-C power delivery problem, unless it becomes mandated that every device offers some sort of UI-friendly prompt informing them of what exactly it's 'connected to'. That seems difficult to enforce, and puts a lot of burden on manufacturers. You already can grok the information of what a USB-C charger is capable of from the voltage/current figures on the label... but consumers don't understand those. Likewise, I don't think the labels on the actual chargers are particularly useful, as no phones/laptops actually enumerate what they need to charge as quickly as possible. I think the bigger problem (also highlighted in the article, obviously) is incompatibility for data-related needs. Power needs, it's a soft failure (my device doesn't charge fast enough... or maybe for a laptop, it can't charge fast enough to keep up), whereas a if my data cable doesn't work, it just flat out doesn't do the thing I want it to do (Thunderbolt, displays, etc etc).