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That was FaceTime that they intended to open source, and it was supposedly a patent troll that forced them to move FaceTime to a more centralized design (it was
by kitsunesoba 6y ago
That was FaceTime that they intended to open source, and it was supposedly a patent troll that forced them to move FaceTime to a more centralized design (it was originally P2P) which in turn made open sourcing more problematic.
- smnrchrds 6y agoThat was certainly the excuse. But it is trivial for Apple to buy any patent it needs. I believe the real reason is that FaceTime and iMessage hook people to Apple platform and discourage switching to another one.
- peytn 6y agoWouldn’t that encourage future lawsuits from other patent trolls?
- viro 6y ago> trivial for Apple to buy any patent it needs. Yea ... umm thats not how reality works. Companies CAN refuse to sell or license a patent at a rate that is not absurd.
- aeontech 6y agoThe patent troll in the case got a 440M award… and Apple had to spend a bunch of engineering time throwing out the already-working p2p implementation and rebuilding a centralized version… and you’re suggesting that this was all a mere smoke screen?
- smnrchrds 6y agoThey have 200 billion dollars in cash. They could have bought out the troll if they wanted to.