>the consumer, the market decides

Those 2 don't always agree. What consumer want and what some companies can get away with doesn't always align.

And here the market still decides, through the USB-IF, the only difference now is that it doesn't allow any hold-outs clinging to a old, slow and anti-consumer connectors.

And where exactly is the red tap?

You seem to have a idea stuck in your head that doesn't align with reality here.