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by DannyBee 1614 days ago
Apple did not create the usb-c connector. At all. A team at Google in the chrome universe did. I can't remember if they were officially part of the Chromebook team, but I believe they were. Apple did not engage until well after it happened. I'm not sure why the myth persists (I believe Gruber started it) but it's totally wrong, and takes credit away from a group of people who worked very hard on it.

It's also easy to show it's wrong for anyone with access to the USB working group notes and meetings when it happened. Again, it's been a long time, but my recollection is that Apple didn't even attend the meeting where the connector was first submitted.

As far as I can discern, silence by Google was a condition of Apple adopting it, which already sucks for the people who created it, so let's not go further and totally retcon who created it.
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dagmx 1614 days ago
Looking around, it doesn't seem like Google were the progenitors either, but were the first to adopt it.

From what I can find, Intel are constantly at the forefront of all mentions when trying to define USB 3 and positioning the USB C connector for it.

This article is far from definitive, but it's the best amalgamation of the bits I could also find separately https://9to5mac.com/2015/03/14/apple-invent-usb-type-c/

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DannyBee 1613 days ago
Google actually created it. It was a deliberate, intentional project to do so. They were very quiet about it.

If you find the people who did it, and ask them about projects named after mortal kombat characters, they will be happy to tell you the reality of what happened - in part because they've never been allowed to say it publicly :)

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raphlinus 1613 days ago
Danny is correct here. I was aware of it at the time (having been on Android 2012-2016), but won't leak any further details. I recommend taking the word of a highly credible person who has first hand knowledge over a thinly sourced article in the tech press.
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dagmx 1613 days ago
Fair enough. It's a shame they weren't able to speak about it
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ksec 1612 days ago
>(I believe Gruber started it)

Yes. Along with dozens of other things like Apple was selling AirPod at Cost. Or Apple's Genius invented the big.LITTLE core config ( which he did later corrected ).

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