Sorta. It’s not that they don’t conform to standards.

It’s that they don’t adopt new standards.

The newest iPhone still handles SMS and MMS the same way the iPhone 3G did back in 2008.

It’s like if Ford refused to add CD players to their cars and insisted you use their proprietary “Ford Media Disk”

And if you don’t like that, fine! It still has a tape player!

it’s the gasoline withdrawals

https://www.rei.com/c/cycling-computers

There’s a selection here that all look pretty decent

Meanwhile, in 2023, iPhones from 2018 still get the latest iOS. And iPhones from 2015 are still getting security patches.