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Suffixing an old idea with "on smart phones" is not innovation, even if you do it first.
by praptak 14y ago
Suffixing an old idea with "on smart phones" is not innovation, even if you do it first.
- flatline3 14y agoI see your point. My counter-argument would be that it solved a unique touch-screen problem of a lack of keyboard/mouse and a lack of an easy way to highlight text. I think the thing I'm hung up on is that Apple stormed into the phone market and did a whole bunch of smart things that nobody had thought of, but are obvious in retrospect. I don't agree with software patents, but I can't help but hesitate before agreeing that it's beneficial to the industry to let Apple's competitors wholesale copy their work (even the small things).
- yxhuvud 14y agoI disagree. I think it can be innovation, but find the idea of protecting that innovation ridiculous. The question of if something is orthogonal to the question of if something deserves protection.