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Subject: Re: In the past decade, has Apple released ANY high-technology
 product before others did?
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 20:39:37 -0500
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On 1/28/2025 7:31 PM, Marion wrote:
> Or, did Apple just copy what others already pioneered?
> 
> Some might say earbuds but Apple was fourth in line to release them.
> Others may say BT trackers, but Apple was 8 years behind the Dash.
> <https://www.novabbs.com/computers/article-flat.php?id=18907&group=misc.phone.mobile.iphone#18907>
> 
> Others may say ARM technology or CPUs, but there are so many companies who
> pioneered CPUs before Apple even existed, that argument is patently absurd.
> 
> This is not a question of which is better but a question of who was first.
> 
> As asking "which is better" is a completely different question
> 
> This question is to find out the answer whether Apple has ever truly
> pioneered any high tech in the past decade. On the iPhone or on the Mac.
> 
> And no, buying ARM technology to release those laughably permanently flawed
> "Apple Silicon" chips is not pioneering of ARM technology in any way.
> 
> This question is an important question because it deals in fact.
> Not in marketing.
> 
> Most people on these newsgroups know absolutely nothing about Apple
> products, but I'm hoping someone (anyone) here knows something about them.
> 
> Has Apple pioneered *any* useful high technology in the past decade?
> If so, what?

Siri?  Don't recall any similar product before that.