The referenced Bluetooth bug on the Github readme seems like a pretty good reason. "We don't want to work around or deal with the bugs on other platforms" seems like a reasonable position.
Btw it's not some magic feature set they spent years to research. Sub $60 Soundcores have most of them if not all.
1 year 11 months :)
The old 30-pin connector before Lightning came from 2003.
Meanwhile it took until 2023 for iPhones to use USB-C.
30-pin 2003 - 2012 (2014)
Lighting 2012 - 2023 (2025)
USB-C AAPL utter mess -
iPhone 2023 -
USB-C RoW 2014 -Do console makers have to make sure that their accessories work with other consoles? Do TV manufacturers have to ensure their remotes work with other TVs?
And no you never had to buy Apple branded or licensed charging cables.