My current and previous jobs provided macbooks for "security" and the one with my last job would not charge on the right USB ports. I assumed this was just expected, like only one side was actually hooked up to the battery while the other was just for data transfer.

"We conform to the open standard, but only to the parts that we like"

On my Mac studio m2, half of my USBC ports on the back don't seem to connect well to my 4k monitor. I suspect it must be a shielding issue on the Mac