A weakness built into the USB-C from the very beginning was that the specification for the physical connector was always separate from the specifications for the USB Power Delivery specification for charging, the USB-C Alt Mode specification for carrying non-USB signals like DisplayPort or HDMI, and for the USB protocol itself (that is, the data transfer speed a given port is capable of).
brudgers•8mo ago
This is the same as USB A and USB B.
Letters specify mechanical properties.
Numbers (1.0, 1.1, 2.0, etc.) specify electronic properties.
Not that life would not be better without the confusion...but then again, changing the meaning of existing terms probably won't reduce confusion.