[monocasa]

The rule was in place ten years ago. That's why every other manufacturer ships USB now, and even Apple puts USB on one side of their charger cord in malicious compliance.

[samatman]

iPhones have charged via USB since the first model.

[mokus]

And iPods as well since they switched from FireWire, another open standard.

[djannzjkzxn]

I’ve been using lightning happily since my non-Apple devices were coming with broken micro USB cables. As a consumer I’ve been very happy with this. There’s nothing malicious about it.