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[-] Dmian@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That was really weird, actually. Apple was frustrated that the USB consortium wasn’t making progress. So they developed Lightning. Then sent people there to help develop USB-C, when they already had a competing connector…

They should’ve been more patient, and sent people there directly, before developing a competitor, and adopted USB-C from the start.

With that move, they isolated themselves and their customers. It’s this arrogant “we’re smarter than anybody else” attitude they show sometimes, that irks a lot of people and end up being detrimental for their image. (And I say this as a long time Apple customer).

[-] Onionizer@geddit.social 25 points 1 year ago

Nah it was a great move, earned them a couple billions in licensing fees

[-] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 14 points 1 year ago

To the disadvantage of literally everyone

[-] CptMuesli@artemis.camp 7 points 1 year ago
[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago
[-] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Nah, they don't even pay dividends

[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

Capitalism in a nutshell.

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