And, in the end, we a have to decide on one standard. There used to be tons of different cables, and that wasn't exactly a better situation. Better to just bite the bullet and say this is the standard moving forward.
I'll bet my left nut that you don't have a male USB-A to female USB-C adapter that can support fast charging. So you'll still end up ordering one from Amazon - a local store is unlikely to carry one.
USB-A to USB-C is the current standard. I am convinced they include a USB-C to USB-C cable because most people don't have those chargers, so they'll be more likely to order one with their phone.
USB-A doesn't carry enough voltage to support USB-C fast charging rates. So even if you have an adapter (I have a few), you're not getting the best performance from your devices.
Not necessarily maybe you live a long way from the store. If I wanted to get a USB-C adaptor I'd probably have to go to the other end of the street, but that's because I live in the town centre.
From where I used to live that would be a 10 mile walk, which while totally doable is a bit far in my opinion, especially if I have literally anything else I want to do with my weekend.
I have a dozen regular USB blocks from the before fore times. But I only have one C block from my first pixel phone. Now they all come with C to C which are borderline useless to I had to buy a bunch of A to C cables to use the old blocks.
I didn't have one until I had to get a new phone last year that came with one. If it just came with a USB-C to USB-C cable and no brick, I wouldn't have had a single thing to charge the phone with. I have no USB-C port on my PC. I didn't have my PS5 yet. And I didn't even have any other USB-C using devices. Tons of devices still just have Micro-USB ports. Especially if they are cheap.
IDK about you, but I'm not getting or updating all my shit every few months. I still only have this phone, that one brick and now a PS5 and its controllers that use USB-C.
You're describing a USB-C -USB-A cable. OOP describes a USB-C - USB-C cable. I didn't have an outlet brick with a USB-C until I bought my current phone (S23 U) which only came with a cable like the one in the post