I don't think there's any licensing fees for the spec itself no? Only a small fee to the USB-IF non profit every year or 2 years (and there's sublicensers) for

I don't think there's any licensing fees for the spec itself no? Only a small fee to the USB-IF non profit every year or 2 years (and there's sublicensers) for the logo and vendor id which shows spec compliance (Which is the same for micro USB I believe so i can't think of any non proprietary connectors customers would go for regardless.) >This also bans cheap phones like these I'd assume those new phones get a new iteration or 2 or 3 by that time regardless. It tends to go quite fast in the phone market.