> a person who claimed USB-C was invented by Apple

That seems fair, I know plenty of people who think Apple only used USB-C because they were forced to. Lots of gut feelings out there.

But they were forced, at least for iPhones in Europe.

It's a fact. Not a feeling.

	▲	simondotau 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Sure it was Europe. Meanwhile Apple got raked over the coals for being too early with USB-C on their MacBooks. Apple would have moved away from Lightning eventually. Did Europe force that move a year sooner than otherwise? Maybe. Maybe not.
	▲	rootusrootus 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Except they were steadily converting their devices to USB-C for years preceding the iPhone, and they had good reasons to make the iPhone the last device to get it. There is no indication that they were forced to do anything, and the best argument you have is a poster child for post hoc ergo propter hoc. A feeling.