It's not the initial cable that's the problem, it's those that come after.

My wife wanted a charger with a longer cable for her phone. We need it to be able to fast charge, which is called a variety of different names on both the phone and charger sides. Can I get the $10 charger, or do I need the $40 charger the size of the MBP charger?

We ended up just biting the bullet and getting one of the more expensive, MBP-charger-shaped chargers, since I have laptops that use USB-C - but it was a confusing mess, and I still wasn't really sure fast charging would work on her phone till I plugged it in the first time.