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"Upgrade" Button is Patented -- Trolls Come Out of Sewers...
db90h:
You know, I've just about had it... patents, greed, fraud, scams, ... Everybody wants to get rich *without* working. People feel entitled to it for simply thinking they are smarter than the average Joe. They think dreaming up an idea is worth millions. Trading a few stocks in our casino market place is a 'job'. Is this the American way? Screw this.
Look, when government intervenes to ensure the PEOPLE stay prosperous and healthy, everyone wins. When government leaves capitalism to go its merry way, those at the top win, and everyone else is 'milked' until they dry up -- then it all falls apart. Because, hey, guess what -- trickle down economics is BS.
I wish we could have common sense in DC. Common freaking sense. No more money. I don't see how we'll ever get to that point. It will require this country first fall into shambles, which we aren't far from. We're only being kept afloat artificially at this point.
There needs to be a new, non-violent revolution in this country. Consumerism. We, as consumers, have the ultimate power --- IF we would just choose to exercise it. YOU vote with your wallets. After all, the Supreme Court said money is speech, declaring corporations 'people' (how whack is that?). Choose carefully who you spend your money with. That is the only way to save this country.
BTW, Apple tends to fight patent challenges like this on behalf of developers. It won't go anywhere.
db90h:
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vlastimil:
We, as consumers, have the ultimate power --- IF we would just choose to exercise it. YOU vote with your wallets.
-db90h (August 18, 2011, 01:40 PM)
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Sometimes I agree with this, but more often I remain pessimistic. This would only work if a large percentage of people did it. If 95% of people ignore common sense and just buy what they are told to buy by smart marketers, the remaining 5% can vote with their wallets all they want and nothing ever changes - except that we are considered weird and laughed at by those 95%.
95% of people don't care about patents... :(
db90h:
We, as consumers, have the ultimate power --- IF we would just choose to exercise it. YOU vote with your wallets.
-db90h (August 18, 2011, 01:40 PM)
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Sometimes I agree with this, but more often I remain pessimistic. This would only work if a large percentage of people did it. If 95% of people ignore common sense and just buy what they are told to buy by smart marketers, the remaining 5% can vote with their wallets all they want and nothing ever changes - except that we are considered weird and laughed at by those 95%.
95% of people don't care about patents... :(
-vlastimil (August 18, 2011, 04:01 PM)
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Pessimism, ah, how refreshing. I know it well. While you are right, this can not excuse us from doing the right thing. It may never change a things on a large-scale, but at least it will help those few good companies and individuals in the world.
Renegade:
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-db90h (August 18, 2011, 02:45 PM)
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Just stick it in a SPOILER tag and mark it NSFW if need be =D These are not the droids you are looking for... ;)
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