Apple is an industry leader. There’s no pressure on others to do better if Apple doesn’t. Samsung, for example, likes profits too. They used to offer micro-sd support, but nixed it when they realized they could successfully copy Apple’s profit play on up charging for storage.
Yeah, if it were fully up to Apple, we'd all have rental iPhones with no ports and no connectivity to anything other than Apple approved accessories (devices they get license money from)
Everyone just fully controlled by the Corporation ... dutifully paying their $200-800, or more!, per month for "Apple"
Own nothing, have no choice, just "pay up"