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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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,

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

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