I'm curious why Apple went with USB-C for laptops but not phones. With laptops it was more surprising, because they ditched the beloved MagSafe.

I see no technical advantage in Lightning over USB-C. So the only reason I can think of for Apple to prefer Lightning is profits. But then why relent on MagSafe? Is it because it sells so far fewer laptops than phones that laptop accessories are just a blip?

Also what makes Apple's history incongruous is that they were the ones who first embraced USB with gusto, putting no other kind of port on the iMac, in 1998.