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Look, everyone on this website is going to agree with you that the patents are pretty silly. But that doesn't change the two central facts of the article, 1. S
by mdoms 5y ago
Look, everyone on this website is going to agree with you that the patents are pretty silly. But that doesn't change the two central facts of the article,
1. Sonos holds such patents
2. Google (the trillion dollar company) is actively making its products worse for users instead of licensing said patents. These are not free products like GMail, these are products that people have paid for, and these are not trivial features, these are features that were actively marketed for the product.
Perhaps we could discuss this, the actually interesting topic, instead of the same boring discussion about the broken US patent system again and again.
- km3r 5y agoDon't feed the [patent] trolls. I used this feature, and will miss it, but would rather Google not give in to abuse of the patent system. On the otherhand, I will no longer consider Sonos products. Be better Sonos. Bluesound seems like the better alternative that is pushing for innovation over pure profit.
- tinus_hn 5y agoThe time to stop discussing the broken patent system is when it is no longer broken. That time is not now.