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A comment on Apple is evaluating new keyboard mechanisms to make thinner MacBooks. Parent comment
- Apple: you get USB-C and a bucketful of dongles.
- Others: we'll make machines with all those ports.
2024 [the dream is realized]: peripherals use USB-C exclusively.
- Apple: We were right about USB-C. To congratulate ourselves, let's introduce USB-NeXT (incompatible with USB-C).
- Others: Your old machines still work. New machines just have USB-C.
2024 [darkest timeline]: peripherals never converge on USB-C.
- Apple: USB-C isn't converging. Let's introduce USB-NeXT (incompatible with USB-C).
- Others: Your old machines still work. We'll continue making machines with all those ports.
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- Apple: you get USB-C and a bucketful of dongles.
- Others: we'll make machines with all those ports.
2024 [the dream is realized]: peripherals use USB-C exclusively.
- Apple: We were right about USB-C. To congratulate ourselves, let's introduce USB-NeXT (incompatible with USB-C).
- Others: Your old machines still work. New machines just have USB-C.
2024 [darkest timeline]: peripherals never converge on USB-C.
- Apple: USB-C isn't converging. Let's introduce USB-NeXT (incompatible with USB-C).
- Others: Your old machines still work. We'll continue making machines with all those ports.