I was surprised about this hard edge as well.

But as I only use it on a docking station, all good.

Did you experience any issues with USB-C monitors? I have a Dell U3219Q as a docking station, and my Thinkpads running Linux never put it in a state MacOS was able to: it won't turn on after Mac suspends, and it requires an intricate dance to unplug it from the socket and then turn it on while connected for it to restart working, and not even that always works.

I find it very dishonest that the mining aspect is 'hidden'.

I don't want to support crypto.