You are correct. You are much better giving your clothes to Share, Salvation Army. They are much better “charities”.
Obviously, the article is more about the lack of market for used clothing. This is the clothing that places in the US collect and can not sell. Now they do not want it in third world countries even for free.
Keep in mind, all of those 2020 Super Bowl Champions LA Rams hats and T shirts have to go somewhere. They make thousands of both Super Bowl teams, just so when the clock runs out and your team won, you can buy an Officially Licensed NFL product. All the other losing team shirts got to go somewhere.
Yes I upthread I wrote how my ships used to carry pepe to the third world
pepe is slang for used clothing bales