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What's with the odd name? Apple already has a 15 year-old product called Thunderbolt. Mozilla already has a similarly-named but totally-different product called
by computer23 5mo ago
What's with the odd name? Apple already has a 15 year-old product called Thunderbolt. Mozilla already has a similarly-named but totally-different product called Thunderbird.
- CharlesW 5mo ago[dead]
- rirze 5mo agoAgreed. The name collision nowadays is horrible. Then again, it's frustrating trying to name a product in today's era; too many names are taken.
- nottorp 5mo agoIt's clearly a fancy AI powered cable isn't it? I suppose there is no Thunderbird for Macs then? Or someone in the team would have noticed.
- thiht 5mo agoNot sure about the US but in France there’s absolutely no way this would be confused with Apple Thunderbolt. No one talks about it, and I don’t even know it it’s even a thing anymore since USB-C. As for Thunderbird, it’s not the same name? Idk what to say
- jasomill 5mo agoMy first thought was "why would Mozilla support a proposal to expose Thunderbolt to the Web after rejecting similar proposals for USB and Bluetooth?" So yeah, especially in light of the lightning bolt logo and "thunderbolt.io" domain name, I think it's confusing enough that I'm honestly surprised there's no "Thunderbolt is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation used under license" notice on the site.
- kyorochan 5mo agoThe domain name is the most confusing part! "This is thunderbolt.io. No, not the I/O device, the AI client"...
- ksherlock 5mo agoI came here to say that. Especially with the .io TLD instead of .ai
- akvadrako 5mo agoIt's not an Apple thing, though they may have adopted it first. Basically every high end laptop comes with TB4 or 5 ports.
- epenn 5mo agoIt was originally codeveloped by Apple and Intel. Though from Thunderbolt 3 onward Intel has been the sole developer.