Well, my N+1 anecdata is that Lightning is a poor choice for most devices. For example: I own a Magic Trackpad, a Mac peripheral I use with my Linux desktop. As Mac hardware, it should connect to the Mac connector, USB-C. Curiously though, you need a Lightning-to-USB cable in order to facilitate that. Their desktop peripheral uses a mobile connector... it's almost baffling. If I didn't know any better, I'd accuse them of using their vertical control to force licensed IP down their user's throats like they do with the App Store.

Apple might as well have announced Lightning would last 20 years, for how little it evolved in the past 10 years. For the first half of it's life it was a welcome replacement to the godawful 30-pin connector, and for the last half of it's life it was a sluggish ecosystem liability. Everyone I've known who is a casual Apple customer shares the same sentiment, the only people I've known who defend Lightning are fully "bought in" anyways. Again though, just my own anecdote; reflect on that however you please =)