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Really, Apple invented it? Did they also invent a time machine to go back 5 years before it was first used on an Apple device to deliver a batch pentalobes to Sony in 2003?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentalobe_screw



Might want to not rely on Wikipedia for your nitpicking rebuttal to my point -- the Sony "Pentalobe" was NOT the same as Apple's, it is 5-flanged but has clearly cut-off tips: https://preview.redd.it/mdo85jqd6rcb1.jpg?width=3024&format=... -- and regardless, Apple's wide-scale use of these screw-heads was transparently anti-repair.


Did they also use that time machine to go back and invent replaceable batteries in mobile phones?




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