[computer23]

What's with the odd name? Apple already has a 15 year-old product called Thunderbolt. Mozilla already has a similarly-named but totally-different product called Thunderbird.

[thiht]

Not sure about the US but in France there’s absolutely no way this would be confused with Apple Thunderbolt. No one talks about it, and I don’t even know it it’s even a thing anymore since USB-C.

As for Thunderbird, it’s not the same name? Idk what to say

[jasomill]

My first thought was "why would Mozilla support a proposal to expose Thunderbolt to the Web after rejecting similar proposals for USB and Bluetooth?"

So yeah, especially in light of the lightning bolt logo and "thunderbolt.io" domain name, I think it's confusing enough that I'm honestly surprised there's no "Thunderbolt is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation used under license" notice on the site.

[kyorochan]

The domain name is the most confusing part! "This is thunderbolt.io. No, not the I/O device, the AI client"...

[rirze]

Agreed. The name collision nowadays is horrible.

Then again, it's frustrating trying to name a product in today's era; too many names are taken.

[nottorp]

It's clearly a fancy AI powered cable isn't it?

I suppose there is no Thunderbird for Macs then? Or someone in the team would have noticed.

[akvadrako]

It's not an Apple thing, though they may have adopted it first.

Basically every high end laptop comes with TB4 or 5 ports.

[epenn]

It was originally codeveloped by Apple and Intel.

Though from Thunderbolt 3 onward Intel has been the sole developer.

[ksherlock]

I came here to say that. Especially with the .io TLD instead of .ai