[ginko]

So they should have been active in defining the successor USB standard.

[vineyardmike]

... like how they had an active role in USB C?

[ginko]

Did they? As far as I can tell USB-C was mainly invented by Intel and TI.

[madeofpalk]

Yes. Apple engineers played a significant role in developing USB-C.

Of the 79 engineers who worked on the original spec, 18 of them were from Apple. Intel had 24, JAE had 21, TI had 12 https://www.docdroid.net/uf3z/typec-pdf

[thiht]

Isn't USB-C basically Thunderbolt? Which was made by Apple

[grishka]

Wasn't Thunderbolt made by Intel?

[dmitriid]

Original Thunderbolt was by Intel, then Apple came up with how to use it with MiniDP connector. There definitely was more collaboration, but as a simple overview this works.

In 2019 Intel donated the spec royalty free to USB-IF

[thiht]

Didn't know that, thanks for the info!

[dmitriid]

They did. It's called Thunderbolt.

Then they were literally the first to go all in on USB-C in their laptops.

And the world (well, HN) loudly complained every single time.

[ginko]

Thunderbolt isn't an open standard.

[dmitriid]

Define "open".

Thunderbolt 3 spec was released to USB-IF in 2019 as a royalty-free standard.