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tomistruth t1_j3om0ap wrote

We have seen what happens when Apple developed their own butterfly keyboard because they didn't want to continue paying keyboard patents. What could go wrong? Expect the next series to have aweful connectivity.

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unskilledplay t1_j3ovj20 wrote

This shouldn't be downvoted. Intellectual property constraints are the reason this effort has yielded nothing over the last several (maybe 10?) years.

It's also why no other company outside of Huawei (who don't have the same legal hurdles) would even consider doing this.

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turbo_nudist t1_j3prj8l wrote

sure, just like how the switch away from intel was just awful

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0r0B0t0 t1_j449tbp wrote

I think that was solely Jony Ive overruling all the engineers. He doesn’t call the shots anymore, see the MacBook Pro that got thicker and added ports

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[deleted] t1_j3x7cj8 wrote

> We have seen what happens when Apple developed their own butterfly keyboard because they didn't want to continue paying keyboard patents.

Source? Pretty sure this is entirely made up. They just switched to the butterfly switch because it was thinner.

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jaceapoc t1_j3p7vhl wrote

Damn that’s a good point right there

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