No, it wasn't. The usb forum could have decided to use a lightning compatible standard, but there were problems with it. Besides, apple are one of the decision

No, it wasn't. The usb forum could have decided to use a lightning compatible standard, but there were problems with it. Besides, apple are one of the decision makers in the usb c standard, the legislation mandated a standard, but not a specific one, just the same one for all, and this forum which includes apple decided to go with usb c https://www.usb.org/members https://www.usb.org/members