Sadly, we still have tons of cables because companies are cheap. Samsung, for example, sells fast charging cables (that are USB 2.0). They also have USB 3+ cables, but they’re not rated for charging as much. Then there are the outdated USB C-to-A cables which can’t charge much faster than 15W, unless you buy a phone from one of those Chinese brands that have built their own version of USB-PD over USB 2 with chargers that work entirely differently and special cables.
Phone shops and Amazon try to sell you e-waste and manufacturers are giving you cheap cables. In the countries that require them to pack a charger (France, for instance) they also ship you gimped chargers. Everyone should just get one or two 100W Thunderbolt C-to-C cables and one of those USB PD chargers. You can use good cables and a good charger for just about everything, the crap your manufacturer ships with your phone/tablet/headphones is almost always incompatible e-waste.
Only Apple seems to default to decent USB-C cables, but then they’re all weird about USB-C.
Sadly, we still have tons of cables because companies are cheap. Samsung, for example, sells fast charging cables (that are USB 2.0). They also have USB 3+ cables, but they’re not rated for charging as much. Then there are the outdated USB C-to-A cables which can’t charge much faster than 15W, unless you buy a phone from one of those Chinese brands that have built their own version of USB-PD over USB 2 with chargers that work entirely differently and special cables.
Phone shops and Amazon try to sell you e-waste and manufacturers are giving you cheap cables. In the countries that require them to pack a charger (France, for instance) they also ship you gimped chargers. Everyone should just get one or two 100W Thunderbolt C-to-C cables and one of those USB PD chargers. You can use good cables and a good charger for just about everything, the crap your manufacturer ships with your phone/tablet/headphones is almost always incompatible e-waste.
Only Apple seems to default to decent USB-C cables, but then they’re all weird about USB-C.