Yeah, good point. USB-C wouldn't have ratified so quickly if Apple didn't hand it over [1]. Apple could also be credited with putting pressure on OpenGL to release Vulcan when they released Metal API a year prior. Before this, OpenCL/GL hand't changed drastically in years. It seems big companies are involved whenever positive momentum happens.

[1] http://9to5mac.com/2015/03/14/apple-invent-usb-type-c/