Personally, I think apple has wanted to switch to USB-C for a while on iPhone. They waited until the EU actually passed legislation so they could find a person to point fingers at when their customers complained about accessories breaking compatibility.
It's always been there, lightning is just a connector, the physical protocol is USB.
> Personally, I think apple has wanted to switch to USB-C for a while on iPhone.
Yes, but also after the DC -> Lightning transition they kinda promised there would be no new transition for a while, which was pretty safe at the time, but USB-C landed a few years later.
I actually expected the iPhone 14 to switch, as 2022 is the 10 years anniversary of Lightning, and about how long the Dock Connector lasted (although technically it survived until this year and the discontinuation of the iPod Touch).
The iPod Touch has been using Lightning since the 5th generation released in 2012.
The decade is up.
Personally I would be happy to keep lightning. It’s simple, it works. I have many lightning cables. If I see I lightning cable I know exactly what it’s for. With USB-C you can’t know the capability of the cable by looking at it.
But I suppose lightning has had it’s term in office and it’s time to move on.
I’ve got an iPad mini and what I really want is a USB oscilloscope that works with it