Apple to stop selling its latest smartwatches after losing patent case to rival that says 'even the world’s most powerful company must abide by the law'

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• ImTryingLemmy@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Great marketing in the leadup to Xmas. It worked on me, I wanted to get my wife an apple watch for the holiday and when I saw this news I pulled the trigger instantly.

  Nice timing, Apple. Dicks.

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  • LemmyTryThisOut@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Apple throwing a tantrum as a holiday FOMO marketing scheme. A new low.

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• jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I wasn’t aware that they actually LOST the case, just that it was “disputed”. Wow.

  Pulse oximeters retail for about $20, they couldn’t just settle? Offer them back $10 to $15 per watch sold?

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  • BigBlackBuck@lemmynsfw.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I believe the company didn’t want to license or settle because they are producing their own smart watch, but I don’t remember where I read that.

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    • lobsticle@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I wonder if they’re a publicly traded company. Given the choice between this company trying to compete in the marketplace against Apple versus a guaranteed revenue stream from licensing and royalty fees (and likely a lucrative one at that), I’m pretty sure I know which the shareholders would pick. If this company ends up doing the former and going under, I can just smell the shareholder lawsuit that would ensur.

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• Boiglenoight@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Hey, the system worked.

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  • spudwart@spudwart.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The cracks have been forming for a while now.

    The big megacorps have been infighting. We’ve been seeing the signs of their implosion from miles away.

    The question is what will emerge from the ashes?

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    • Boiglenoight@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The Apple Watch Series 9S

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