It would have surprised me but it also isn't something I would absolutely rule out a priori :)

Also, it's a pretty bad headline from what I (non-native speaker) can tell. You have a point, not quite sure why you're being downvoted.

I guess the unpopular bit is the insinuation that the following happens with Apple repeatedly: Somebody develops an industry standard, Apple implements it, people start claiming that Apple invented it.

That situation is a popular tech trope.

And, also, many people on HN like to nip these kinds of pointless, snarky comments about Apple, Google, IBM, what have you in the bud.

"Take this to reddit" being the oft heard refrain.