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iPhones.
The vastness of the ecosystem built around Apple products cannot be understated. You can't just change the iPhone port every few years.
The Lightning connector was introduced on September 12, 2012, with iPhone 5. And there was so much controversy around it that they publicly committed to using it for at least 10 years.
The USB-C spec was not finalized until nearly two years later, in August 2014.
I can't fault a company for activity committing to a decade of compatibility with peripherals. And I certainly can't fault them for avoiding the disaster called Micro USB.
True, because they already had a better connector for that specific use-case. But USB-C and Thunderbolt have been implemented on MacBooks for ages.