Apple and its adoption of the USB-C
The image is a four-panel comic meme that appears to be commenting on technology company Apple and its adoption of the USB-C standard for its devices.
In the first panel, a person in a blue striped shirt is being awarded a gold medal by a woman with blonde hair. The man is labeled "Apple" and the act of having the medal placed over the head is labeled "adding usb-c."
In the second panel, the man identified as Apple is standing proudly on the winner's podium, biting the gold medal, implying success or achievement. The text reads "in 2023."
In the third panel, still on the podium and now pointing upwards proudly, the text next to the character reads "after $27B in R&D," suggesting that a large sum of money was invested in research and development.
In the fourth panel, we see the second and third place podiums. The second-place person is labeled "Literally every other manufacturer since 2014," implying that other manufacturers have been using USB-C for a long time. This character is spraying their bottle of champagne onto the third-place person, much like what is traditionally done in many sporting victory celebrations. However, there's a humorous twist with the first-place character, supposed to be Apple, not participating in this celebration and instead enjoying their own separate moment of triumph which is ironically about adopting a technology that others have been using for several years.
The meme seems to mock Apple for celebrating the adoption of a technology that is seen as a
