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Physically, maybe. (I don't know.) Legally and economically, I don't think Samsung can just use lightning without having to pay Apple.

Without the EU mandate, perhaps I would still have a Lightning port in my instead of the currently broken USB-C port.

I never had a Lightning port fail.

Good on you!

I just wish that all of them would be legal, and consumer like you be allowed to pick what they like best.

That's the one where the springs are on the device instead of the cable yea?

how so? I genuinely don't understand, as someone who has a phone with the lightning connector and other devices with USB C