Apple was on the USB Implementers Forum that designed USB-C so.. I would say they could definitely be credited as a co-inventor of USB-C, they also introduced one of the first devices that used USB-C.

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brookst 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

In addition to being the sole inventors of lightning (the connector), which directly informed the USB-C spec based on learnings from field use.

Apple doesn't get solo credit for USB-C, but they were certainly essential to it. Just compare the USB-C physical interface to the USB-3 micro or super speed type B ports and compare design sensibilities.

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bel8 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That's not what Grubber claimed tho. They claimed solo inventor, which Apple is not.

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AlexandrB 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

And then they went too far and introduced laptops that only used USB-C before finally setting at a (so far) happy medium.

	▲	SchemaLoad 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I think we needed Apple to do that to throw a lot of weight behind the standard so it didn't get stuck in an eternal migration that never ends. Though removing the SD card slot was dumb since USB-C was never an alternative to SD cards. Even today the desktop PC market is still stuck on USB-A since they have no Apple equivalent to just get things done.