Nobody is insisting the cutting edge technology from 10 years ago is superior to today’s. I’m arguing that whatever company should be free to choose I/O interfaces without supervision.
But you were given specific examples of where your preferred tech falls short of others - examples that you asked for - and you chose to ignore them and switch to a different argument. That's kinda rude.
Sorry about that. Yes USB-2 is the limiting factor. I don't think it is quite as bad as you stated. They made 2 statements one about the tech being 13 years old. I agreed that the tech was 13 years old. Admitting that I felt I was implying the limits of the lightening port were dated and had technical limits.
I guess if the original poster hadn't made the gratuitous comment I would have been more focused on answering their valid comments. This is a good lesson for me to not be trolled and others to not make gratuitous comments. Finally apologizing if someone feels one has been rude.
USB-C didn't exist in a usable ratified standard at the introduction of Lightening. 4 years is a long time in tech.
If the EU wanted a standard port for charging. I believe induction charge port would have been a better standard to work on. Think how simple an induction charging standard could be.
If you would've read the EU law, they considered wireless charging, but at the moment the landscape is changing very rapidly. They'll let the industry collaborate first, but if Apple or some other company won't play the ball, EU will step in again.
The lightning cable has whatever Apple wants on the other end.