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[โ€“] [email protected] 53 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Important context is that companies often just patent shit in case one day it's valuable. Yes IP is stupid, yes capitalism is evil.

[โ€“] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago

Only time, when patent trolling is good, so other companies won't be able to use it, unless they shell out a lot of money to Sony.