[danaris]

It is a proprietary connector developed at a time when proprietary connectors were still common, and the non-proprietary options (mini-USB and micro-USB) were much lower bandwidth, much more fragile, and still had the issue of "which way up do I plug it in??"

This meme that Apple loves to create bags and bags of arbitrary proprietary cables needs to just die. It's 100% FUD.

[zdragnar]

I'm not saying that there weren't non-proprietary connectors, or that mini usb was better.

I'm saying that USB-C is better, and has been the better option for quite some time.