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A charitable stance is that by patenting this, no one else can do it. Which would be great, if you didn’t want to do it either. Then Android Auto is locked out

A charitable stance is that by patenting this, no one else can do it. Which would be great, if you didn’t want to do it either. Then Android Auto is locked out of that feature, for example.

JohnFen 2y ago
That would be a charitable stance, but since Ford -- like all other automakers -- is all in on collecting as much data on people as possible, I don't think that is a realistic expectation of their intent.
ozornin 2y ago
> no one else can do it unless they license it