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Re:Linux Touchpad Like MacBook Update: 2023 Progress on Smoo... by rad_gruchalski on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @05:18PM (#39609874)
> Why does this seem like such a hard problem to solve for everyone that isn’t Apple, when Apple seemingly solved the Trackpad over a decade ago?

Patents?

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Re:Linux Touchpad Like MacBook Update: 2023 Progress on Smoo... by kristofferR on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @07:57PM (#39611003)
Bud, you have been shadowbanned for some reason. Pinging dang @dang, this doesn't seem fair. :/

Bud's comment: "Over 20 years ago, actually. The glass trackpads Apple made in 2002 were essentially identical to today's, albeit quite a bit smaller."

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