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		kalleboo on Jan 23, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Story Behind F.lux Back in the olden days (System 7~8) Apple would actually buy out the third party tools they wanted to add to the OS (MenuClock, WindowShade, etc). Then Steve Jobs came back and they just started Sherlocking developers instead...

cowsandmilk on Jan 24, 2016 [–]

They also bought third party tools under Steve Jobs (e.g. SoundJam MP, now known as iTunes)

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