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Why didn't they just copy Apple's Lightning design?
by bluthru 12y ago
Why didn't they just copy Apple's Lightning design?
- Sanddancer 12y agoThere are enough similarities in purpose, and enough differences in functionality -- USB C has an additional differential signal pair, etc -- that having the designs be similar would only cause confusion. Additionally, Lightning's patented, so making things close in design would require paying royalties to Apple.
- bborud 12y agoFantastic. Because making a flat bit of plastic and metal that goes into another bit of plastic and metal constitutes "intellectual property", the world will be stuck with a crap design for another 10-20 years. This is the sort of stuff that ensures eventual aliens will say "let's not go to earth for it is a silly place".