How is an adapter a valid way to obey the law? The goal is that you don't have proprietary chargers in the box. i.e. the goal is the charger, not the phone.

If apple sells the phone with their charger, that has a proprietary interface that are not obeying the law, adapter or no adapter.

To obey the law the charger must have a microUSB connector on it, and they need to offer phones with no charger at a lower cost as an option.

The goal is to reduce waste, instead apple is increasing it with this adapter.