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While Apple might have switched to USB-C on their own, they would have done so using propriety cables again. Thankfully the EU thwarted those plans.
Citation needed.
There is quite literally no evidence for this theory and mountains of evidence that USB-C is what they were always going to switch to. They had already switched checks note almost every other device they make to USB-C. The few that weren't USB-C at the launch of the iPhone 15 have been moved since then (specifically keyboard and mouse). I'm not sure if there are any Lightning devices left at this point.
> There is quite literally no evidence for this theory [...]
There is: https://www.macrumors.com/2023/02/10/apple-planning-to-limit...
Apple was then told by the EU commission to abandon those plans: https://www-heise-de.translate.goog/news/Ansage-der-EU-Kommi...