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minus-squareAppleTea@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·vor 1 JahrSo is this a more classic case of Apple’s usual tactic making their things needlessly different to move more product?
minus-squareArthur Besse@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-2vor 1 JahrADB slightly predated (and is arguably technically superior to) the PS/2 mouse and keyboard interfaces, but Apple patented it and the only companies that licensed it were those making Mac peripherals. edit: i forgot, NeXT also used it.
minus-square1ostA5tro6yne@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·vor 1 Jahrno it’s a case of one set of ports being a decade or two older than the other
So is this a more classic case of Apple’s usual tactic making their things needlessly different to move more product?
ADB slightly predated (and is arguably technically superior to) the PS/2 mouse and keyboard interfaces, but Apple patented it and the only companies that licensed it were those making Mac peripherals.
edit: i forgot, NeXT also used it.
no it’s a case of one set of ports being a decade or two older than the other