Comment by xp84

Is the implication here that non-Apple computers have SSDs that just constantly erase themselves or something? I don’t buy that this is a problem and I don’t buy that Apple has solved it. Even if they did solve it, having the fancy SSD controllers on the actual “SSDs” by using NVME is so obviously the only consumer friendly choice that it’s laughable to think Apple went to all this trouble for altruistic reasons. If Apple cared about keeping people’s data safe, instead of charging 300% margins on SSDs, they could charge much smaller margins annd give double the storage, and configure Macs by default with RAID.

If I had to place a bet on why the patents were purchased, it would be to protect them against someone else purchasing them and alleging that literally any SSD controller Apple put into their silicon was infringing.