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Can we have a way to tell apart the cables first. Finding out this cable is not compatible for this thing. USB C needs a distinctive and intuitive way for the average consumer to differentiate between different types of cables

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Yes I agree but I will admit that it’s probably pretty hard to do that unless you force all the features on every USB-C cable which is obviously not a good solution.

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Yeah agree, but maybe they could have like 4 categories: A-general B-power C-display D-specialised

And then have a second rating system like 1-10 for example 1-bare bones 5-decent 10-the bells whistle

Like on a computer monitor I state I need a C5 or higher to work. Or I buy a A4B4 cable that is for general purposes or something.

This is just a quick idea, horrible idea actually, but because currently I do not know if for example I can use this cable in my drawer to charge my phone or use it as a display cable. So I feel like with USB C they wanted to make a universal cable, but now I feel like there is even more confusion than with USB B

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Color coding? Just spitballing.

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