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[–]arbiter1170 1 point2 points ago

Fuck it. Im slamming my Karma-Kazi into this thread

[–]TaxCunts -1 points0 points ago

want to write a response. afraid I'll be accused of being an apple fanboy.

next time you have a great idea and want to get rich off it, don't patent it, just give it away for free. Good luck making any money.

dont hate the player, hate the game. Apple is just playing within the confines of the law.

[–]slackrvlution[S] 1 point2 points ago

There are plenty of examples of people who don't slam patents and IPs in everyones face that are very successful. Take the creator of Minecraft for example, he charges a fair price and is open about not caring if people pirate his game. He is rich as fuck for it, challenges people who straight up copy his work to Quake matches...

[–]TaxCunts 0 points1 point ago

I do believe they tried to get some kind of settlement or licensing in place, but Samsung wanted to try via the court system. Its a gamble, they lost. I'm sure if someone copies Minecraft he'll go after them. Once it affects his business/lifestyle.

Many people see Apple as a huge money grubbing corporation. They also employ approx 60,000 people. How many of them will have jobs if the companies ideas are ruthlessly stolen time and time again if they don't defend their work as original?

[–]slackrvlution[S] 0 points1 point ago

"Many people see Apple as a huge money grubbing corporation." last I heard, they are the wealthiest company in the history of the world... if not them who else would fit the bill?!!?

Let me draw a correlation, and I'm using a bit of hyperbole here so please don't take this as a 1:1 comparison...

In the U.S. it used to be profitable, acceptable and almost necessary to own slaves and be a large scale farmer. There were people out there that didn't do it, however, because they found it to be morally wrong. Do you forgive slaveowners because it was the thing to do at the time? Apple might just be 'playing the game' but when you're as smart as I'm sure they are, you know better... and to be honest if anyone out there has the resources to make it without being asshats and perpetuating a broken system, its them.

[–]TaxCunts 0 points1 point ago

Well get off your high horse and change the system.

[–]slackrvlution[S] 0 points1 point ago

I am, by making a living as a software developer without using patents, supporting companies that promote innovation over litigation and boycotting those that do not. This system will not last, be sure of that. There is a little organization called the Electronic Frontier Foundation with lawyers and patent experts and other resources who is working very diligently to abolish software patents, along with many others in the industry.

[–]slackrvlution[S] 0 points1 point ago

Also, I am a software developer by trade, I will never own a software patent because I'm morally abject to it. I make good money, the company I work for makes VERY good money and I don't believe they own a single patent. Please don't tell me that you can't make a living making software without patents.

[–]slackrvlution[S] 0 points1 point ago

Sorry guys, I thought I made a funny, didn't intend for it to be a big patent debate...