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> It’s me cynically suggesting that they’ll do that just to get rid of this annoyance. Yes, i was just making a joke about how google kills things. > That’s w
by vineyardmike 5y ago
> It’s me cynically suggesting that they’ll do that just to get rid of this annoyance.
Yes, i was just making a joke about how google kills things.
> That’s what Facebook and many other big companies would do.
I feel like this is pretty common across industries, idk why FB gets called out?
> I don’t know if Google has done in the past but it wouldn’t surprise me.
I can't remember anything they bought after losing a suit, but they did this with Moto, and i think also Kodak.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2011/08/google-to-buy-motorola-in-effort-to-defend-itself-from-patent-bullies/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2011/08/google-to-buy-motoro...