Yes and no. There was a lightning-USB A adapter, but I was clunky, pricy and could only be used with the phone so the value was dubious. I bought one and never

Yes and no. There was a lightning-USB A adapter, but I was clunky, pricy and could only be used with the phone so the value was dubious. I bought one and never saw anyone else using it in the wild. In comparison you can plug any SSD with USB cable you already have, no adapter adapter needed. And once you get used to it you discover you can charge your earbuds through the USBC port, you can get ethernet through a standard dock, directly slurp the data from your DSLR or reuse the same SD card adapter you used for you computer already etc. The convenience factor is just so different, it's more fundamental than just an incremental change.