larryjw

until it is at least announced it's best not to have an opinion. Same with Project Titan. Rumors are just that -- rumors.

Running this info thru a terminal velocity calculator: iPhone 14 pro max is 8 oz, drop height 14,000 ft, air drag, .2 kg/m.

1,400 seconds to hit ground, maximum velocity 3 m/s, terminal velocity also 3 m/s. 

Apple didn't poach anyone. The company didn't negotiate for their tech and Apple developed their own tech to perform the same task. Ideas are not patentable. And, it's not sleazy. Apple hired Masimo experts to develop Apple's version. I'm sure the experts are happy with their decision -- that got their ideas into a successful product which likely would never have happened under Masimo. 

Apple buys a lot of small companies because they want to use their tech and hire their people. But, these companies must agree to be acquired. Masimo didn't. 

It would be sleazy if Apple acquired companies in order to deep-six their tech. That didn't happen here. 

I’ve never seen this discussed here. But I wonder why Apple has been seemingly focused on glass.

It’s general properties, availability, easily recyclable, it’s certainly better than plastics for various reasons. 

It's not against the law to "steal" an idea. Ideas are not protected by any law. Trade Secrets on the other hand are protected only while it remains secret. Divulge the secret and you're toast. Embed the idea in a document then the document itself is protected by Copyright but the idea expressed by the document can be used by anyone. 

Fairness might suggest that others ideas be acknowledged, but there is a vast gap between an idea and its implementation in a legally protectable form.