It seems with their current customer base, there is so much variety in what people want that they have more leeway to ignore what any specific group cares about

It seems with their current customer base, there is so much variety in what people want that they have more leeway to ignore what any specific group cares about. I’d guess for instance the number of people pissed off by a change of cable could be balanced by the people happy to use USB-C. The balance between the two is unknowable beforehand, so I’d imagine Apple managers just not care that much as long as a move makes some sense.