I use an old phone as a camera for my 3d printer as well. They can also be used to run octopi provided they have otg usb

You can have internet over bluetooth, both as a hotspot and as a tether, maybe that’s the thing?

At least Apple now dropped lightning, so thunderbolt is all we’ll have going forward

I mean, it would be nice of course, but lets not forget Larian almost went bankrupt in the process. I mean this as in Larian is the exception. And they made a gigantic gamble which could’ve been their ruin had it not turned out so good.