This could have been as well been a prediction 8 years ago, because in the mean time all of this happened. regarding 1) look at this post from 2019: https://pe

This could have been as well been a prediction 8 years ago, because in the mean time all of this happened. regarding 1) look at this post from 2019: https://people.kernel.org/bleung/now-how-many-usb-c-to-usb-c-cables-are-there-usb4-update-september-12 https://people.kernel.org/bleung/now-how-many-usb-c-to-usb-c... I imagine it only got worse in the mean time. regarding 2) I have seen various posts in the past of devices that only work if the cables are connected in a specific orientation. Technical background is discussed here: https://acroname.com/blog/why-usb-c-connections-sometimes-dont-work https://acroname.com/blog/why-usb-c-connections-sometimes-do...