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You choose to do business with Apple, knowing the terms of the deal. At a certain point that’s determinative. Apple doesn’t have a majority user base in the US.
by thathndude 5y ago
You choose to do business with Apple, knowing the terms of the deal. At a certain point that’s determinative. Apple doesn’t have a majority user base in the US. Google is ready and waiting for defectors.
- candiodari 5y agoThis is excellent news. You see, I work in networks. I (helped) write the driver that is used on the carrier side of 4G networks, and it's open source, so, like Apple, I retain the copyright. A driver that you have undoubtedly used to order pizza. My code is the "platform" you used to pay that pizza! I am entitled to compensation, and apparently 30% ... wow. Great news! I'll have 30% of everything you ever paid over your phone now. Remember, you CHOSE to pay using "my" infrastructure, so it's only fair that I be compensated for that. Or is your point that these rules only apply to massive US corporations?
- etchalon 5y agoYou say this as if there aren't deals between patent holders and platforms that are based on revenue percentages.
- Dylan16807 5y agoPatents are quite different from infrastructure. And critical patents are normally kept from charging very high rates by multiple mechanisms.
- etchalon 5y agoThere are infrastructure agreements which function on revenue basis too. Critical patents have some limitations, but only because of agreements which were reached in the establishment of specific standards. If you own the IP, you get to decide how you're compensated for it.