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There is no such thing as an original idea. If another company can take an existing product and do it better, I can't see a good reason they should be prevented

There is no such thing as an original idea. If another company can take an existing product and do it better, I can't see a good reason they should be prevented. Better products are always a win for consumers, and a win for innovation. There are reasons to complain about China (unfair labor practices, pollution externalities), but copying/improving on western ideas is not one of them.

creshal 10y ago
> There is no such thing as an original idea. Maybe not, but being the first to implement one is massively more expensive than being the second to. Hence patents, to give you a chance to recover your expenses – if companies have to fear never making a profit of being the first, you're still starving innovation: Ideas are worthless if they aren't implemented.