It’s all got to do with licences and patents, and which companies backed which standards.

There are great ideas about taxing consumption, while getting rid of tax on labour.

The fundamental problem is that there’s money to be made by consuming more and more “sustainable” resources. The real solution is to reduce consumption on a global scale.

I’ve cleaned out plenty of Lightning ports over the years. Filled with gunk. Most of the time the connector would still work, but in some cases intermittently or not at all.