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Starliner spacesuits not compatible with SpaceX Dragon (boingboing.net)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/space

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[–] SpaceNoodle 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, like how Apple works with other phone and tablet manufacturers to use a unified charging and data port.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I can’t tell if this is sarcastic because Apple contributed over 20% of the engineers credited with developing USB-C.

All told, Apple contributed 18 of 79 named engineers listed on the connector certification project or under 23%. 9to5

[–] SpaceNoodle 21 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It's sarcasm, because it took EU legislation to force them to actually fucking use it in their phones a decade later.

[–] WhatAmLemmy 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

They don't contribute engineers out of the kindness of their hearts. They do it for entirely selfish reasons — to have a large influence in industry standards, and the competitive advantages that enables.

Do you also believe Google created Chrome for "freedom", instead of to gain a competitive advantage in web and ad tech standards?