Companies use patents defensively and the Times is fully aware of that so this comes across as cynical clickbait. What I find interesting is that they keep quo

Companies use patents defensively and the Times is fully aware of that so this comes across as cynical clickbait. What I find interesting is that they keep quoting "consumer watchdog" an anti google organization turned anti technology (they're against self driving cars and robots now). The scary thing is that mainstream respected news outlets casually traffic in technophobia as evident form articles about automation and AI for example and how every piece mentioning a tech company is permeated with FUD about their motivations or their "power".