They’re still 1 company so it’s very easy to avoid their products. I’ve only ever used 1 Apple product. Didn’t like it so I never bought another one and had been enjoying the freedom of using whatever port I want ever since. Now I’m stuck with USB-C.

Yeah, I don’t think that’s happening. Nobody will put 2 connectors on their phones, most likely we’re just gonna be stuck with USB-C on phones for a decade while every other device moves to NewConnector3000.

Yeah, I know USB-C is and has been better for years. That’s my point. It has been better since it came out and it took the EU 13 years to force Apple to make the switch. Something better will eventually come along and we will be stuck with USB-C for 13 years.

So instead of having 1 company with an outdated port, every company will be forced to use the outdated port until the government decides to change the regulation.

I don’t disagree with anything you said but you’re missing the point. Governments move really slowly, it took them thirteen years to make USB-C the standard. When something better comes along, nobody will be able to put it on their devices because there’s a law saying they have to have USB-C. I hope I’m wrong and the EU quickly modifies the regulation to allow for a new standard soon after it’s developed, but I really don’t think that’ll be the case.

Having a mandated universal standard stiffles innovation, though. Lightning only exists because of how bad microUSB was. Sure, USB-C is better in every way and it was time for Apple to make the switch but it made sense at the time. Imagine if all devices were mandated to have microUSB back then, we wouldn’t be moving to USB-C until now.