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		shmerl on May 5, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fred Wilson: By 2020 Apple Won’t Be A Top-3 Tech C... Many things could be better than USB. But U in its name made it the preferred choice. It's like e-mail. Way not perfect, but ubiquitous. Apple not adopting it is clearly anti user in this case.

qq66 on May 7, 2014 [–]

Hmm, I don't think of Apple as anti-user when I plug in my iPad in the dark without having to look at it.

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