GolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago[Opinion] Apple CEO Tim Cook's Legacy Is Dull Products And Spineless Capitulationkarlbode.comexternal-linkmessage-square130linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link[Opinion] Apple CEO Tim Cook's Legacy Is Dull Products And Spineless Capitulationkarlbode.comGolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square130linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 hours agoNo, I’m pretty sure they licensed it, and so did Dell. Go look at Dell’s MP3 players, damn near identical interface.
minus-squareAatube@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 hours agoBeing able to browse songs by album/artist (the sole focus of the Creative patent dispute) doesn’t seem to be a major factor for the iPod (or its success, disregarding marketing). The innovations were elsewhere.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 hours agoElsewhere as in the companies and idividuals not employed by Apple that actually invented the things Apple sold? Correct.
No, I’m pretty sure they licensed it, and so did Dell. Go look at Dell’s MP3 players, damn near identical interface.
Being able to browse songs by album/artist (the sole focus of the Creative patent dispute) doesn’t seem to be a major factor for the iPod (or its success, disregarding marketing). The innovations were elsewhere.
Elsewhere as in the companies and idividuals not employed by Apple that actually invented the things Apple sold? Correct.