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millstone on Jan 24, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple Lays Off 200 Employees from Autonomous Car U...

Hey Apple thrives on "pet peeves," way back to missing function keys and second mouse buttons. Keep 'em coming.

> Sell me a £1k phone that can’t connect to the £3.5k laptop you sold me

Of course they can connect, via Bluetooth and WiFi and AirDrop...

If you mean your iPhone can't charge off a MBP, well, OK: MBPs are admittedly not the best charging hubs.

> This is precisely the sort of garbage Stveve was very much against

Yeah, that's baloney. Steve would ask why the iPhone still has any ports at all.

josteink on Jan 24, 2019 [–]

> Yeah, that's baloney. Steve would ask why the iPhone still has any ports at all.

If so, the Chinese have Steve beat with a product like that ready to launch[1].

[1] https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/1/23/18194178/m...

millstone on Jan 24, 2019 | [–]

Of course. Apple has rarely aimed to be first, they aim to be definitive.

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