I used to love the lighting port and still do ... but it needs to die. Regardless of whether you agree with the concept of governments forcing this ... I think we can agree that apple needs to sod off with that connector, I mean they already use USB-C for their Macs.
Also Apple please fix the quality of your cables it’s atrocious, the old Magsafe cables, Lightning, earpods... they all break apart faster than any other cable I own.