Lightning is outdated and obsolete. Maximum transfer speed is not up to date.

  MB/s | 
  --------------
     53 Lightning             
     53 USB 2.0

    640 USB 3.0
   1200 USB 3.0 Gen 2
   1200 Thunderbolt

The physical connector was clearly the best 10 years ago, but in today's standards it's very similar to USB-C.

Apple uses Lighting to force users to wireless.