GolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago[Opinion] Apple CEO Tim Cook's Legacy Is Dull Products And Spineless Capitulationkarlbode.comexternal-linkmessage-square115linkfedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world
arrow-up1125arrow-down1external-link[Opinion] Apple CEO Tim Cook's Legacy Is Dull Products And Spineless Capitulationkarlbode.comGolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square115linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months 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-up1·2 months 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. The innovations were elsewhere.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months 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. The innovations were elsewhere.
Elsewhere as in the companies and idividuals not employed by Apple that actually invented the things Apple sold? Correct.
No.