This isn't spoken about so much, but you raise a long-standing complaint about the C type connector. Not all cables allow all functions, some devices require hi

This isn't spoken about so much, but you raise a long-standing complaint about the C type connector. Not all cables allow all functions, some devices require higher bandwidth, some require more power. Typical examples are displays, storage and external hardware such as GPUs. Apple do label their type-C cables with the logo of the standard it supports, but for most consumers they're not going to be immediately familiar with this approach, especially as lightning just works for anything that it can be plugged into. This is a bit of a dated article, but the points it makes still largely stand - people are going to run into some of these problems and not understand why they're happening. Imagine a scenario where you can plug a vacuum into a power socket, only to discover that it doesn't work - your first assumption will be that the vacuum is broken, and not an obscure standards mismatch. https://www.howtogeek.com/353410/3-problems-with-usb-c-you-need-to-know/ https://www.howtogeek.com/353410/3-problems-with-usb-c-you-n...