[Dylan16807]

Two pins for power, two pins for data, a pin or two for cable detection, what's the problem with that number of pins?

[dogma1138]

2 data pins is USB 1.X/2.X USB 3.X requires 6 data pins at a minimum.

USB type-C cables that only support charging will only have 5-8 pins 1-2 GND, 2-4 VBUS (power) and 1-2 CC (cable connect/config channel) pins.

The standard config for charge only cables (e.g. the Nintendo Switch charger) is 2-2-1.

[Dylan16807]

> 2 data pins is USB 1.X/2.X USB 3.X requires 6 data pins at a minimum.

USB-C cables don't have to support 3.X to support data. You only need the two pins.

> The standard config for charge only cables (e.g. the Nintendo Switch charger) is 2-2-1.

That's a shame. It's really not that much effort to support 2.0 data.