Um, except Apple has actually been, throughout its history, more aggressive in supporting universal standards, and not less. First to implement WiFi in a mains

Um, except Apple has actually been, throughout its history, more aggressive in supporting universal standards, and not less. First to implement WiFi in a mainstream consumer computer, first in pushing USB-A in place of legacy connectors, first to push Thunderbolt 1 and make it universal, first to push Thunderbolt 2 and 3 as well. Based on your invective about Thunderbolt, you appear to have Thunderbolt and Lightning confused. Thunderbolt is a universal standard; its development was led by Intel. Lightning, of course, is the ubiquitous iPhone connector that Apple was forced to develop because at the time, there wasn't anything around that satisfied all the requirements, and arguably, there still isn't. No, micro-USB isn't it, and no, USB-C isn't it either. You might want to find a different party line to use when griping about Apple. This one is highly ineffective and isn't even accurate.