• toiletobserver@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    All Gameplay patents are bullshit. Artificial barriers to entry that only restrict market forces in favor of screwing end consumers.

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      3 hours ago

      there can be a very good case made for putting private innovation into the public realm after a period of legal protections, (typically 20 years for most places)

      but anything that is public by it’s very nature should never be subject to patents