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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Really? I'm asking why they didn't design and use a reversible C style in 2007 instead of the micro USB. Afaik a reversible style is not dependent on tech development from 2007-2014,

[–] kn33@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Price, I imagine. Gotta make it cheap enough to get buy in. They were still competing with FireWire at that point.