They warned Apple based on rumours but that doesn't prove that MFi certification for USB-C ever existed.
My alteration of your comment brings it in line with the status quo prior to the USB-C which, keep in mind, Apple fought tooth and nail against. It is a stupid idea, but Apple did it anyway. The world runs on stupid ideas daily; either because they are more profitable, or are too entrenched, or both.
for everything you can say about apple, they have at least been consistent on connectors, some would say to a fault. when they deprecated the 30-pin they promised that iphone (not ipad, not laptop) would remain on lightning for 10 years.
You: “I don’t buy it, cables wouldn’t last 10 years”
It’s a non-sequitur.
As for profit motives, if that were the case then they wouldn’t voluntarily switch their iPad line over to USB-C.
This isn't a formal debate, I am allowed to have different reasoning from the rest of the group.