And IIRC aren’t Samsung USB cables slightly different again, they look the same but they just won’t fit.
I’ve not had this issue. I’ve got a Sony charger & original cable that will charge my Sony phone, my Wife’s Samsung phone, our LG tablets, our Kindles and my Bluetooth speaker.
We’ve got LG chargers & original cables that will charge all of the above.
We’ve got Samsung chargers that will charge….have a guess….all of the above….
We’ve got an Amazon Kindle charger that will charge all of the above, admittedly at quite a slow rate because the cable is fiddly.
The only things I can think of that we need a different cable for are my Nikon cameras, my knock-off Aldi special Moon Comet rear light & my Garmin; for those I need the mini-USB cable.
Dunno why they all use a larger connector, when they are intrinsically ‘compact’ devices.
The printer cable is a complete non-issue because you plug it in once & it’s done. That cable has been around for god knows how long, so it’s probably a question of things moved on but that design had established itself for printer applications.
Regarding the cables that refuse to charge comment; it’s as TINAS says – they can’t handle the higher current requirements of that device. Often the device will tell you it’s not charging or not register as charging, but if you leave it overnight it will charge up – just very slowly.