Over what kinds of hardware does (or doesn’t) get to exist for the The iPhone, Apple-made or not - along with the control it has It makes from every Lightning cable and accessory that works with It also means that Apple would lose out on the revenue More e-waste (if you buy Apple’s logic) or inconvenience itsĬustomers. Notably absent from Apple’s argument, though, is the fact thatĬutting out a Lightning port on an iPhone wouldn’t just create Why Does the iPhone Still Use Lightning? Monday, 27 September 2021Ĭhaim Gartenberg, writing for The Verge, “ The Lightning Port Isn’t About Convenience It’s About Control”: