USB Type-C just got another alt mode

[A Black Falcon]

Good point, it would be VERY confusing when you have identical or nearly identical looking cables that do different things... such things have existed before in technology, and it's a mess whenever it happens. You already have USB 2.0 and 3.0, with how you need 3.0 cables to get 3.0 speeds, of course, you can't make things much more confusing than that for consumers. So I guess as you say what happens will be up to the people who set the USB standards.