Sadly Apple can prevent non-Apple peripherals from being sold most places in the world. So we are stuck with their properietary lightning cables and chargers. Which are expensive, have a limited number of designs and are often of questionable quality (i.e. the white rubber insulation starts turning brown and peeling off after about 6 months use).

Sure Chinese knockoffs bought by tourists in shady areas of Shenzhen or Hong Kong are not good either but the point is that Apple's monopoly/non-standard policies keeps a mature market from emerging.