If the standard isn’t sufficient, you work to improve the standard. The standard was micro USB under the common external power supply legislation with compliance being voluntary. When usb-c gained popularity the legislation was started to change it about 4-5 years ago.

What Apple went and did was go and create a proprietary connector and refuse to change to the (new) de facto standard until forced long after the time at which it would have been reasonable to change. This is why a mandatory standard was required, one that they also obstructed the for as long as possible.

If Apple had played cooperatively, the dust would have settled on this getting close to a decade ago, and would probably still be voluntary compliance

Oh is it the “it’s gonna generate a load of e-waste” talking point?

Yes, yes it is. The right wing anger factories have been pushing that line because they want anti-eu sentiment.

Not having a universal standard ultimately creates continuous unnecessary e-waste.

Just pay the fucking staff what they ask. Avanti, in particular, is raking in cash from their ticket prices

Because the previous lot fired everyone responsible for doing the work on these buildings and farmed it out to contractors.

The contractors were then deemed too expensive, so that got reduced service or just the chop entirely.

Watch this somehow get blamed on labour by your elderly family members.