> Seriously, you don't need to invent a conspiracy for every single move Apple makes. How is this a “conspiracy”? It is literally what they are doing with the

> Seriously, you don't need to invent a conspiracy for every single move Apple makes. How is this a “conspiracy”? It is literally what they are doing with the MFI program. If anything, the e-waste theory is less credible, as Apple have changed the iPad and MacBook charging ports three or four times in the past 12 years. They have also a long history of preventing third parties from fixing their products, latest of which is software locking of replacement parts.