Run&Gun
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Because it's open and free to use by everyone and they don't like that was the reason I read once.
I imagine they are working on their own lightning successor.
One of the articles or videos I saw last week about the EU possibly forcing everyone to USB-C for phones and other devices said Apple will “lose” millions and millions that they currently get for the licensing of Lightning Bolt cables. And supposedly they(Apple) said that it will cost some ridiculous amount of money to develop/re-design iPhones to accommodate USB-C. USB-C should have been on the iPhone at least one generation again. It’s on their iPad Pro’s and laptops.