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The connectors have chips in them which communicate with the device they're plugged in to. E.g.: https://www.cabledo.com/anker-usb-c-to-usb-c-2-0-100w-cable-...

Not all cables have chips in them, only things like high-power (5A) cables need a chip. A basic 3A USB-C cable will not have any chip.

Is there really nothing standard about USB-C?

They’ve done a stellar job of standardising the name. So many different cables & capabilities, one standardised name.

If you wait long enough they'll try to rename WiFi as USB-C somehow

Does USB-C suffer from the problems with interference that USB 3 did?

Perhaps that could be harnessed into something more productive.