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Apple supporters - Please understand that this is a clear abuse of patents by Apple more than anything else. Why? Because, the phones they are suing right now (
by neya 14y ago
Apple supporters - Please understand that this is a clear abuse of patents by Apple more than anything else. Why? Because, the phones they are suing right now (Galaxy S3, Galaxy Note) are phones that have been designed to NOT look like the iPhone (as Apple had alleged earlier) nor use any of their technologies. This is clearly to stiffle innovation and competition by unethical means, by abusing the patent system. What's disheartening is that Samsung actually spent considerable effort to make these phones look different (Heck, one of them even has a stylus, something Steve Jobs himself was against) and yet they still find Apple suing them.
What are the patents that Apple is using to sue Samsung against?
The four new patents Apple is leveraging against Samsung include the '647 "Data Detectors" patent, the '721 "Slide-to-unlock" property, the '172 "Word completion" invention and the '604 "Universal search" patent.
All of them Bullshit.
Understand this, my fellow HN'ers, make no mistake, this is a threat for the entire Start-up community. Tomorrow you might be sued for the same BS reasons if you started a phone company as well (Sorry for repeating this, but I feel it's important). This is one of the primary reasons why we don't see hardware-based start-ups - Because of the fear of being sued by monopolies like Apple. If you would like to show your support, please consider boycotting Apple. There is strength in numbers. Please show your support.
And my only message to Apple is - Fuck you, Apple. Its only a matter of time until you will collapse for all the unfair BS you have done to us, as a community.
Thanks for reading.
- siglesias 14y agoWhat's disheartening is that Samsung actually spent considerable effort to make these phones look different When Samsung closes a door, they open a window. Check out the S Voice UI: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGxYZXjXozc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGxYZXjXozc This is the one thing that made the 4S stand out from the 4, and Samsung basically wholesale copied the UI.
- neya 14y agoBefore you mistake me to be a 'fanboy' of Samsung, please understand, I am not, instead, I just want to tell you the facts. Samsung Galaxy S2 was released in May 2011, iPhone 4s, was released in October 2011. The Galaxy S2 has had a voice command feature well before Siri came into light. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0A-zCis_A0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0A-zCis_A0 Also, its funny how I don't see you mention about the slide-down notifications that Apple has 'wholesale ripped off' (in your language).
- kgarten 14y agoYes, the Galaxy S2 had a voice command system, that did not look like Siri. Siri appears and check out how the voice command system looks on the S3 ... like Siri :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_iFDigHo0Q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_iFDigHo0Q
- v0cab 14y agoI agree about patents, but Samsung have some terrible business practices too. We need to get rid of these kinds of patents and find new ways to protect US (or European, whatever) companies so that we don't keep getting screwed over by Asian countries blocking our products/services/companies and cloning them.
- creamyhorror 14y agoI sympathise with the need to protect your market, but I'd say US web/tech companies have generally been more successful than European or Asian companies in dominating global markets. Google, Facebook, Twitter, Apple, Microsoft, Groupon, eBay/Paypal - all are the big boys on the world stage. US tech companies are so dominant that competitors in most small countries get swallowed up (not unfairly). The exception is consumer electronics, but US firms haven't competed in that industry in a long while. Don't paint the US as the poor, screwed victim when it's the largest, most profitable market in the world, and companies from other countries stand next to no chance of taking a lead there. The rest of the world generally does little to block US companies (China excepted). All we can do is try to establish ourselves in our own markets and hope we're acquired by foreign/US firms for a good price when they arrive on our shores.
- v0cab 14y agoWhy do companies from other countries stand little chance of being successful in the US? Developed Asian countries do do as much as they can to block US companies; that's the problem. South Korea is being protected by the US, but they are a prime offender. Obama was quite vocal about this before he started running for president.