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Yeah, like how Apple works with other phone and tablet manufacturers to use a unified charging and data port.
I canβt tell if this is sarcastic because Apple contributed over 20% of the engineers credited with developing USB-C.
It's sarcasm, because it took EU legislation to force them to actually fucking use it in their phones a decade later.
They don't contribute engineers out of the kindness of their hearts. They do it for entirely selfish reasons β to have a large influence in industry standards, and the competitive advantages that enables.
Do you also believe Google created Chrome for "freedom", instead of to gain a competitive advantage in web and ad tech standards?
In what universe was my comment promoting any for-profit? Are you mentally deficient?