• tonyn
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    1 month ago

    Good Guy Ford patents the worst possible technology so no other automaker can use it, and then never implements it themselves.

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      1 month ago

      That’s what I was going to ask, should people start patenting things in order to prevent companies from using them?

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        1 month ago

        Getting patent is fucking expensive, also it is afaik region-limited. You can get your patent for say EU, you need lawyers and lot of money for that, and if you would like to extend that to US, you need new lawyers and more money.

        So it is out of realm of what’s possible for normal person.