Wild guess but stereo equipment wasn’t a thing in households and it was a way to get the adoption going

I think reusing server/client naming for USB connectivity instead of master/slave would fit it

This was a satire

It can’t say no either /s

I find it funny it’s called an American product as its iconic design was made by a Brit, CPU is manufactured in Taiwan and the rest is made and assembled in China

Ngl I prefer said company app rather than “new” stuff which runs on Electron and breaks just from looking at it