And even that was 13 or 14 years after Apple shipped their last computer with a Firewire port - long enough that those computers weren't even supported by macOS 26. Apple dropping support for a largely obsolete technology, which they hadn't used for well over a decade, should hardly come as a great shock.

Yes, thanks for the correction. I skipped 26 but could no longer hold out :)

Ah yes 2025, the ancient times.