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[–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Every single technology that went into the iPhone was developed with public money:

  • Touchscreens
  • GPS
  • The internet
  • Unix
  • ...

You know what is it that apple patented and trademarked? Rounded edges.

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  • [–] [S] 8 points 1 year ago

    This is the case with pretty much all fundamental research because it takes a long time to do, and requires a lot of sustained investment without any direct profit. Companies simply swoop in at the end stages and start commercializing what was developed using public money.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago*

    well yeah most of its operating software was derived from opensource projects, but capitalists exploited those opensource project without giving much if anything back, so…

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  • I mean yeah but capitalism made it such that everybody needs a little fucking advertisement mind control spying machine in their pocket. Without capitalism I wouldn't have a smartphone and if I did, I would at least actually own the thing.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I’d love to buy an exploitation free ”commiPhone” if there ever were a tech-co-op or something that would make one sustainably

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