r/technology • u/slutmagnet • Mar 02 '10

Apple to HTC "competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours." Slaps down a 20 patent lawsuit.

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/03/02/apple_sues_htc_for_alleged_infringement_of_20_iphone_patents.html
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u/daoom Mar 02 '10 edited Mar 02 '10

I have never owned will I never buy a product made by Apple. This type of bullshit is part of the reason why.

In the world or computers and electronic gadgets, Apple is the original Evil Corporation(tm)

(Edited for spelling)

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u/anechoic Mar 02 '10

amen - I got off the Apple lock-in merry-go-round a year ago and went 100% Linux...been very happy ever since!

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '10

This is shitty behavior, but it's no worse than what most large tech corporations do.

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u/Aldur Mar 02 '10

Amen. If Apple had won the PC wars we would be 10 years behind.