You know what, maybe patents make sense in an ideal world where people rip off the innovator. But right now all we see is big corporations ripping off the little guy, be it ever greening patent tactics and monopolies like the kind insulin has been subject to or patent trolls stifling innovation. All patents seem to have accomplished like copyright strikes on YouTube are allow bullies to thrive.
this post was submitted on 06 Jun 2023
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The current state of copyright and software patents just infuriate me to no end. It’s actively stifling innovation and competition, all in the name of money…
All software patents should be invalid.
Exactly, the patent system is so outdated and software as a whole should not be possible to patent.
They've always gotta enable the big companies to be able to do whatever they want after all