> I think you need a pretty good amount of willful naivety to think that Apple didn’t make the switch with such coincidental timing to EU law changes purely out of the love of their customers.
The designs are finalized years in advance. Apple would have made the choice to ship USB-C before the EU mandate was even proposed.
“Years in advance” but a new phone design comes out every year. Doesn’t pass the smell test.
If an individual hacker can change the lightning port to USB-C in the phone (this really happened) then Apple can definitely make the design change within a short timeframe like a month.
The designs are finalized years in advance. Apple would have made the choice to ship USB-C before the EU mandate was even proposed.