Not really. The cable thing is easily solved - don't buy cheap cables. If you ever plan on using USB-C for thunderbolt, only buy cables capable of thunderbolt.
As for devices - I guess I'd say know what you're buying? How is it any different than the fact I have to know that some mini-displayport ports can do thunderbolt and some can't? Some cables can and some can't?
I mean... Belkin has already started putting the thunderbolt icon on the cables they sell that support it. This isn't anywhere near as complicated as he's claiming. The only gray area is people buying the cheapest possible cable they can find on Amazon then acting shocked when they get what they paid for.
Sadly, looking at some of Benson Leung's results, e.g. https://plus.google.com/+BensonLeung/posts/TkAnhK84TT7 -- looks like bad cables and chargers cost the same as good ones and can be from name brands, and that's just on the power front. Looking through some of his suggested cable/charger spreadsheets shows things generally being a roll of the dice.
> The only gray area is people buying the cheapest possible cable they can find on Amazon then acting shocked when they get what they paid for.
Don't act like cheap cables frying your equipment is normal or expected. Off-brand products usually aren't as good as the expensive stuff, but we have a right to expect them to not be actively dangerous.
As for devices - I guess I'd say know what you're buying? How is it any different than the fact I have to know that some mini-displayport ports can do thunderbolt and some can't? Some cables can and some can't?
I mean... Belkin has already started putting the thunderbolt icon on the cables they sell that support it. This isn't anywhere near as complicated as he's claiming. The only gray area is people buying the cheapest possible cable they can find on Amazon then acting shocked when they get what they paid for.