Apple devices do exactly the same, and has been for many years. I charge my stuff with a third party chargers, all I need is a lightning cable.

That's the point, you need an additional cable. I charge most of my stuff with my laptop cable: laptop, Smartphone, Ebook reader, portable speaker. Only my headphones are still in MicroUSB.

As the laptop cable doesn't have an outgoing USB A/C port, I would have to carry an additional cable and charger if I had an iPhone.

> That's the point, you need an additional cable.

The humanity!

IIRC not all apple devices charge with lightning cables.

Even users entirely bought in to their ecosystem are forced to carry multiple types.