How many kinds of USB-C to USB-C cables are there?
I&#x27;ve had a USB-C capable device (MBP) for a few years now, and it originally was extremely annoying. Needing dongles for _everything_ was annoying, and getting rid of Magsafe meant a lot of my existing chargers that I&#x27;d accumulated no longer worked. My work laptop (at the time) didn&#x27;t use USB-C, so I had to keep two chargers around, and I couldn&#x27;t charge my iPhone from my laptop at all.<p>Fast forward a few years and I think it&#x27;s great.<p>I have a dock at home that I can plug both my work and personal laptop in and have it work seamlessly with two 4k monitors, gigabit ethernet, mouse, keyboard, speakers, etc.<p>After biting the bullet and getting some USB C -&gt; Lightning cables, I actually need to carry fewer chargers, fewer cables and everything sort of just works. The new iPad Pro helps a lot with that as well. USB PD means that everything charges faster, as well.<p>USB-C is sort of a nightmare until it&#x27;s not, and that transition is basically an entire product cycle (or two) for people, which means a lot of time. At some point, I hope that issues like this become more identified in software (as mentioned), and cheap USB C cables that only have 2.0 support are less common.<p>Furthermore, while there was once a point where the physical layer matched up well enough with product support, actually connecting a display has always been a pain in the ass. Devices are still shipping with VGA ports because of it - USB-C is no panacea, but I think it&#x27;s a huge improvement in aggregate.