USB-C cable problem is 10 years old. In 2013 Google introduced Pixel laptop, and some guy from Google bought all USBC cables on Amazon, only to test them and write reviews!
This part of the spec is actually quite well thought out.
It’s a shame that no device I know just displays the marker data (e.g. a message like “this connection might be limited by your cable”, assuming it’s also possible to figure out the other end’s highest theoretical speed, or simply the cable capabilities in some system menu).
What Apple wanted was to leech on every single cable sold for their own profit with their proprietary licensing.
You already have what you wanted - now you're just demanding Apple tax for no reason. Remember, you can always just buy that 120$ Apple cable and be a happy camper. Right now. With no extra DRM.