Ever since the iPhone, USB stopped being an actual standard to connect accessories to computers, until it became a (EU) government standard. It is actually a g

Ever since the iPhone, USB stopped being an actual standard to connect accessories to computers, until it became a (EU) government standard. It is actually a great example to the opposite. The history of USB as a connector is of a direct consequence of the IBM PC, itself a standard. The only reason USB became a widespread standard is that there was a widespread standard computer and, as we see today with many other forms of computers, that is largely an accident : smartphones do not have a widespread standard, neither do gaming consoles, etc...