The fact we’re not all still using oldawan industry proves you false
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Ulrich@feddit.org 6 days agoPeople made stuff before patents existed.
People also didn’t make stuff before patents existed.
Knowing how someone else makes something doesn’t mean you can make it as well as the other person.
No, but often you can. You also don’t have to, you just have to make it cheaper, which you can because you are benefitting from the investment from someone else.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 6 days ago
What didn’t they make?
Ulrich@feddit.org 6 days ago
I don’t know. They didn’t make them.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 5 days ago
So you are assuming they didn’t make them for reasons that didn’t exist at the time.
Ok.
Ulrich@feddit.org 5 days ago
No. I’m assuming that they didn’t make them based on simple and rational thought processes that I’ve already outlined several times.
Does the fact that the richest billionaires in the world all want to get rid of them not concern you at all?