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It’s a bit different: Apple users might accept the trade offs for whatever design decision Apple makes, but that wouldn’t explain why the rest of the industry f
by acdha 3y ago
It’s a bit different: Apple users might accept the trade offs for whatever design decision Apple makes, but that wouldn’t explain why the rest of the industry followed them. The fact that they did suggests this is less a universal truth than a personal preference which is not broadly shared.
- smoldesu 3y agoBy and large, the rest of the industry doesn't follow Apple. They copy specific features or hardware cues, but Apple doesn't leave anything for third-party OEMs to use in the first place. You can't integrate with iMessage, you can't implement AirDrop, and Quick Pairing/Find My is off-limits until you pay licensing fees. Lightning replaces USB with a licensed alternative, and third-parties have to apply for MFi, neither of which is commonplace in the greater smartphone market. The fact that laptops got thinner over time is not evidence that the industry deliberately follows Apple. It's evidence that technology gets smaller, a fundamental observation made 10 years before Apple Inc. was incorporated.
- acdha 3y agoYou appear to have misread my comments. I’m not saying that the entire industry follows Apple but the opposite: the comment I was replying to was claiming that the trend towards thinner laptops was all marketing, and I am arguing that this can’t be the reason because everyone in the industry has been on the same trend following consumer preferences.