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		qq66 on May 5, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fred Wilson: By 2020 Apple Won’t Be A Top-3 Tech C... Apple has held onto many proprietary interfaces in the face of much more widely adopted standards, but usually the products have been better off for it. Sure, the one-button mouse is horrendous, but FireWire was better than USB, the Lightning charging port is miles ahead of Micro-USB and other alternatives, and iOS development is not good, but not as bad as Android.

shmerl on May 5, 2014 [–]

Many things could be better than USB. But U in its name made it the preferred choice. It's like e-mail. Way not perfect, but ubiquitous. Apple not adopting it is clearly anti user in this case.

qq66 on May 7, 2014 | [–]

Hmm, I don't think of Apple as anti-user when I plug in my iPad in the dark without having to look at it.

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