Comment by dwaite

Apple went USB-C on chargers starting in March 2016 (with USB-C to lightning cables on the iPad Pro). They started shipping them with phones that fall.

USB-A chargers are so brutally slow, but you can use a USB-A to C cable if you really want to spend 3+ hours charging a modern phone.

The switch prompted cables to go into the landfill. The USB-A chargers should have been there half a decade ago.