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100% it’s probably worth it in the end. You quite literally may not have had Amazon without it. In this case, google might not have funded the development of t
by lettergram 3y ago
100% it’s probably worth it in the end. You quite literally may not have had Amazon without it.
In this case, google might not have funded the development of transformers which could dramatically reduce costs of everything for humanity.
Same goes for drug development.
That said, I think there’s a question around software patents and how long they should last. Perhaps it should just be to recoup costs, plus some multiple. I’m not sure.
- forgetfreeman 3y agoDramatic reduction in cost strongly implies dramatic reduction in labor force. Not sure I'd bank that as desirable.
- maxbond 3y agoWe may not have had Amazon if other online stores had been allowed a one-click purchase flow? The lack of a second click was a unique innovation critical to their competitive advantage? That doesn't seem likely to me. And if it were true that Amazon was so vulnerable that checkout flow click parity would wipe them out, I hardly think the law should intercede to save them - that seems like a scenario where they had a bad business model.