alt Hacker NewsApple 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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bel8 • yesterday at 9:52 PM
That's not what Grubber claimed tho. They claimed solo inventor, which Apple is not.
AlexandrB • yesterday at 6:23 PM
And then they went too far and introduced laptops that only used USB-C before finally setting at a (so far) happy medium.
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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.