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Now the flag is carried by its spin-off, ASML.
by mitthrowaway2 3y ago
Now the flag is carried by its spin-off, ASML.
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoAnd NXP. Though it would have been nice if Philips would have evolved to be the "European iPhone" company instead of selling lights, shavers and food blenders.
- josephcsible 3y ago> if Philips would have evolved to be the "European iPhone" company They've certainly nailed the evil and user-hostile bit of being an iPhone company. From just 2 weeks ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37667266 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37667266 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37594377 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37594377
- snom380 3y agoHue is spun out of Philips and is only using the Philips trademark. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signify_N.V https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signify_N.V. (Last time I checked, iPhone doesn't _require_ an iCloud account to work, although it still needs to "phone home" to be activated on setup.)
- extraduder_ire 3y agoThey also license the brand name to other manufacturers, making all kinds of dollar store tat. The first thing that clued me into this was reading the back of a set of airpod-like wireless headphones.