Re:Apple censors Lawrence Lessig over warranty information
by uxp on Tuesday October 29, 2013 @08:56AM
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> I don't deal with patent-trolls. None.
Then I'm sure you don't buy any products that contain Samsung NAND NVRAM, nor do you purchase anything with Qualcomm chips, as a significant portion of their revenue comes from aggressive patent licensing, right?
Listen, I hate patent trolls as much as the next guy, but patent licensing is a very common business tactic everywhere. Don't make broad, over reaching comments if you don't actually mean them. You're perfectly fine with not buying Apple products because you don't like Apple. I don't like LG products, so I try not to buy LG. But, lets be realistic here.
Re:Apple censors Lawrence Lessig over warranty information
by aclevernickname on Tuesday October 29, 2013 @02:38PM
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> Then I'm sure you don't buy any products that contain Samsung NAND NVRAM, nor do you purchase anything with Qualcomm chips, as a significant portion of their revenue comes from aggressive patent licensing, right?
Definitely adding them to my list of companies to not buy, thanks for the tips.
Re:Apple censors Lawrence Lessig over warranty information
by i386 on Wednesday October 30, 2013 @12:46AM
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Good luck with that. Samsung and Qualcomm chips are everywhere.
No need to think twice at all.
I'm a software-developer and my livelihood depends on being able to write code freely, without getting censored and threatened with litigation, bullshit patents and rounded corners.
Thus patent trolls and people abusing software patents for anti-competitive purposes is a direct threat to my livelihood and supporting that is directly unintuitive, borderline madness.
I have an ethical code of software conduct and it's very simple: I don't deal with patent-trolls. None. That includes not buying anything from Apple.