Buy good cables and throw the others away. (You can't really trust any cable you didn't buy anyway because of O.MG.)

The problem is that "good" cables are also really expensive. And thick.

Sometimes I just want to charge my matchbox sized flashlight from Aliexpress. I really don't want to use the full-on 120W + network + 8k video capable cable for that. It's so thick that the weight of the flashlight can't hold it down =)

Maybe they'll figure out some kind of markings for the cables eventually.

I'd mostly use three categories: Charge Tiny Device (5-10W enough), Charge Medium Device + data (20-30W, phones and tablets), Charge Big Device (laptops, power banks - as much as the spec can handle)

So there is an external way to check it-thickness

BUUUT for example the USB-C cable that comes with Apple's laptops is relatively thin and can still handle around 80-100W, can't remember exactly.

And my 3rd party kinda_known_name -cable does the same but is at least twice as thick and really hard to wrestle in tight corners. =)

I think generally throwing away all of Apple’s sh**y plastic, USB2.0-at-best USB-C cables is the first step to take. (Ok I don’t literally, but I just leave them in the boxes in case I sell the device later).

But that laptop cable is also visually distinct