I disagree with that. Apple was one of the first to jump on standardized media. They were using SCSI back in the day, and Ethernet, and USB, and Firewire, and SD cards, etc. etc. etc. Their own hardware is proprietary. They are/were a hardware company. But I'm looking at the MacBook on my desk and none of the things connected to it are Apple branded or single-source standards.
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I disagree with that. Apple was one of the first to jump on standardized media. They were using SCSI back in the day, and Ethernet, and USB, and Firewire, and SD cards, etc. etc. etc. Their own hardware is proprietary. They are/were a hardware company. But I'm looking at the MacBook on my desk and none of the things connected to it are Apple branded or single-source standards.