The other way around is way weirder. “I forgot my laptop charge, but I have my phone charger, so that works!”
Bro USBC is soo good. One cable to rule them all.
It’s actually terrible if you pay attention to the details. USB c only really describes the connector but there’s no way to tell specs and there is a wild variety of specs out there. I have USB-C cables that have 240w charging capacity but 500mb of data transfer, then I have another one that can do high speed data transfers but charges slowly (I forget the actual specs). Then you have the cheap devices with USB C input that charge at USB A speeds and won’t work with high charging speed cables. But the best thing about USB-C is that they all look the same so you can’t tell which specs it has by looking at it unless the manufacturer labels them somewhere (unless you deliberately buy them with different looks like I do so I can easily tell them apart. )
The only good USB C I/o is thunderbolt because there is an actual standard of data and energy transfer.
I havent had a single issue with usb-c so far. Just dont buy cheapo uncertified garbage and you wont have any issues either. Ofcourse they come in different levels but what they can do will always be written on the box. If i just want a charging cable i dont wanna have to spend 30€ on a USB4 compatible cable, so the segmentation is good.
Exactly it requires your engaged decision making as a consumer. Its just your duty to ensure the good qualities of the free market win the Darwinian competition of products.
