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Re:Azar, a Korean Chatroulette-style dating app quietly taki... by langitbiru on Friday May 14, 2021 @08:19AM (#27153424)
> It wasn't as if they were harassed to sell.

Bumble founder disagreed.

https://www.vox.com/2018/3/20/17141308/bumble-match-group-ne...

From the article above:

"Match, which owns another popular dating app and Bumble competitor, Tinder, is suing Bumble for violating two patents and for allegedly stealing trade secrets.

It was a lawsuit made all the more intriguing considering Match wants to acquire Bumble;"

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Re:Azar, a Korean Chatroulette-style dating app quietly taki... by swiley on Friday May 14, 2021 @08:37AM (#27153553)
Software patents should require the source of the implementation to be published. That's the whole idea behind patents in the first place.
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Re:Azar, a Korean Chatroulette-style dating app quietly taki... by joycian on Friday May 14, 2021 @01:35PM (#27157162)
Exactly, you give the government a way to replicate your insight, in return you get x years of monopoly. With the first part being non-existent (didn't inventors even have to supply physical prototypes etc.?) the patent system is easy to abuse.
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