No offense but those are two garbage articles with no substance whatsoever and it's a joke to present them as "well documented" examples of setbacks for USB-C.
The first link is just an ad for AmazonBasics. It complains about bad cables (not unique to USB-C), differences between USB 2 vs 3 (this is true for USB-A and Micro-USB as well, so again it's not unique to USB-C), and then cryptically says "Dongle Hell Is Real" as the third problem with USB-C before talking up the merits of AmazonBasics in the section titled "Your Best Bet is AmazonBasics Cables."
The second link complains about cable quality (solution: buy better cables), missing USB-IF logos (not a functional problem and can also be solved by buying better cables), USB-C adoption (like that's some kind of product characteristic), inconsistent supported features (that's true of any standardized connector used for several different applications), and non-compliant cables.
Of a total of eight complaints, four of them can be resolved by avoiding cheap-o cables, one of them is totally unrelated to the product's technical characteristics, two of them are true of all USB standards. That only leaves "Dongle Hell Is Real."
The first link is just an ad for AmazonBasics. It complains about bad cables (not unique to USB-C), differences between USB 2 vs 3 (this is true for USB-A and Micro-USB as well, so again it's not unique to USB-C), and then cryptically says "Dongle Hell Is Real" as the third problem with USB-C before talking up the merits of AmazonBasics in the section titled "Your Best Bet is AmazonBasics Cables."
The second link complains about cable quality (solution: buy better cables), missing USB-IF logos (not a functional problem and can also be solved by buying better cables), USB-C adoption (like that's some kind of product characteristic), inconsistent supported features (that's true of any standardized connector used for several different applications), and non-compliant cables.
Of a total of eight complaints, four of them can be resolved by avoiding cheap-o cables, one of them is totally unrelated to the product's technical characteristics, two of them are true of all USB standards. That only leaves "Dongle Hell Is Real."