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Officially known as IEEE 1394, the FireWire standard was developed by Apple in collaboration with other tech companies, including Sony and Panasonic.

And therein lies the problem - two of the most notorious lock-in companies helped develop it.

> Officially known as IEEE 1394, the FireWire standard was developed by Apple in collaboration with other tech companies, including Sony and Panasonic. And therein lies the problem - two of the most notorious lock-in companies helped develop it.

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[–] • 3 pts

Considering they haven't sold a device with the port since 2011...that's a pretty good run of keeping obsolete hardware in play.

[–] • 2 pts

Think about all the TB to FW dongles!

[–] • 2 pts

Must I?

[–] • 2 pts

They can't transition!