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Originally Posted by WoodDraw
I like Apple - I haven't used anything but an Apple laptop for years. Their innovation with cellphones has been huge, and to deny them all rights to that would be a big blow for innovation.
I do have a problem with a lot of their patents, but I can understand their frustration. They design an amazing device, unlike anything before, and Samsung comes in and copies it and gains a huge market share. How do you respond?
Android has moved away a lot from those days, when it really did feel like an Apple clone. But Samsung has skinned the shit out of everything to make it look as close to an Apple competitor as possible. Just look at Siri - Google releases something new and different to compete; Samsung copies Apple. They are not a good company.
I have an HTC phone now. It's beautiful, well designed, and works great. And it looks nothing like an iPhone.
The patent system is ****ed up. I would have been pissed if Oracle won over Google. But I'm strangely okay with this decision. We'll see what the Federal Circuit says though.
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The problem is this.. it WASN'T unlike anything.. it was just the first to bring it all to market AND promote it well. Yes Samsung ripped them off some and should be punished some. BUT Apple is straight up lying about a majority of their claims. They simply didn't invent multi-touch or MOST of the innovations they claim Samsung ripped off. Hell MS had all of these things in the labs and patented years before. The "look and feel" part of the lawsuit is where they have the most valid argument. And I agree with the ruling in that narrow regard.