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by kube-system 1254 days ago
A certified Thunderbolt 4 cable should do everything (at least until TB5 comes out), but they cost more than some USB-C devices.

It would be silly to charge your phone with one of these, but there is a high likelihood it would work great: https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MN713AM/A/thunderbolt-4-p...

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For sure. Cost is always a very important constraint. Setting aside cost just helps me understand the problem space better. I’ve heard such horror stories about USB-C that I thought it would Be unsurprising if the answer was no.
Nah, the high-cost Thunderbolt cables do everything, it's just that paying 50$ for 1m of a charging cable is kind of a silly idea since you don't need 40Gbps data transfer capability to charge your headphones.