> unless I’m switching back and forth between iPhones and Androids, I’m not having to buy new cables. Even if you did. Lightning's been around since 2012. It s

> unless I’m switching back and forth between iPhones and Androids, I’m not having to buy new cables. Even if you did. Lightning's been around since 2012. It superseded the Dock connector every iPod and iPhone had since 2003. At this point they are pretty ubiquitous. > Apple charges license fees on Lightning This also prevents the mess that is USB-C where vendors don't implement the spec correctly (and brick unsuspecting devices in the process, see Nintendo). Apple can just refuse to license devices from vendors that don't implement the spec correctly.