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And this is why people who care enough to afford higher end products shouldn’t be burden by commodity product vendors like PC makers and Android manufacturers.
by scarface74 3y ago
And this is why people who care enough to afford higher end products shouldn’t be burden by commodity product vendors like PC makers and Android manufacturers.
FireWire was better. Apple and high end PCs had them. If Apple created a better connector than USB C that cost more to include, it would never be accepted by Android manufacturers who want to sell shitty $60 phones.
- reaperducer 3y agoApple and high end PCs had them. Even Apple's consumer-grade basic computers had them. I was introduced to FireWire when my wife bought a MacBook in 2006.
- scarface74 3y agoBut even those cost more than cheap PCs at the time.
- foobiekr 3y agoExactly. Margin control is the main thing. People who don’t think burning an extra 1% of your ASP on something that doesn’t dramatically move the needle isn’t a massive negative have never built products.