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Re:USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed ... by Macha on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @07:38AM (#37830865)
No, they both used the same physical form factor, but it seems to have just been a model from a OEM used by both nintendo and apple around that time, rather than one spec deliberately copying the connector from the other.
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