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USB-C could have used the lightening but we can thank Apple for that. USB should have never existed, it was a scam by Intel (and Microsoft) to put the PC at th
by sitkack 4y ago
USB-C could have used the lightening but we can thank Apple for that.
USB should have never existed, it was a scam by Intel (and Microsoft) to put the PC at the center of everything. In a non-dumb world, we would be using Firewire over something like a lightening connector. Jobs was too greedy with Firewire for it to be successful.
- scarface74 4y agoYou know that FireWire was a Sony standard right?
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- sitkack 4y agoLooks like it was lead by Apple with considerable input by Sony. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1394 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1394
- scarface74 4y agoAnd there are 10 different patent holders according to the article and Sony had the most
- sitkack 4y agoNone of that changes my argument, and Apple was in control of FireWire.
- scarface74 4y agoHow was Apple in control when it only had 48 of the 220+ patents? That’s not how patent pools work. Sony shipped computers with FireWire for years and I had an old Dell from 2012 with FireWire.