Some of the cheap USB hardware are unofficial clones, which get disabled by the official drivers. The clones sometimes work in Linux, but not reliably. It can be really hit and miss.
Bluetooth has been pretty useful for me; the only problem I run into is device detection, sometimes, but once the two devices pair, rarely are there further problems in the file transfer process.
To be fair, Bluetooth sucks on Windows desktops as well. The hardware is just garbage a lot of the time
I’ll blame the drivers (and some of that blame lands on MS).
Some of the cheap USB hardware are unofficial clones, which get disabled by the official drivers. The clones sometimes work in Linux, but not reliably. It can be really hit and miss.
weird it’s so good on my iphone
Your iPhone was designed for Bluetooth, on laptops and desktops its an after thought.
Bluetooth has been pretty useful for me; the only problem I run into is device detection, sometimes, but once the two devices pair, rarely are there further problems in the file transfer process.