Apple to Remove Blood-Oxygen Sensor From Watch to Avoid U.S. Ban::Tech giant’s withdrawal of technology may end cloud hanging over $18 billion smartwatch business
I can’t say I like Apple, but damn the whole patent thing sucks!
Apple to Remove Blood-Oxygen Sensor From Watch to Avoid U.S. Ban
Submitted 10 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world [bot] to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.wsj.com/tech/apple-watch-ban-united-states-update-cd069ab4?mod=mhp
Comments
pastermil@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
jaschen@lemmynsfw.com 10 months ago
Well, Apple stole a patent after they were presented with it when they lied about wanting to do a "collaboration ". Then literally GUTTED their engineering team with crazy sign on bonuses while using what they saw to from that meeting and bypass their “collaboration”.
I agree that patents suck IF there was no end date. But I’m totally ok with Apple getting in trouble for blatantly doing something like this.
Fuck Apple. They deserve this and more for being fucking too big to get in trouble.
MeanEYE@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Also let us not forget that Apple sued other phone manufacturers for having rectangular phones. You reap what you sow.
TORFdot0@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Seriously, just pay the licensing fee to the patent holder. For as much as their customers have paid them over the years, they can afford it.
AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 10 months ago
Apple’s MO is, and has been for a while, seeing something a startup is doing, saying “That’s a stupid idea”, then two years later unveiling an identical product and calling it innovation.
hai@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
You’re getting downvoted a lot, but honestly you’re right. The fact that corporations are arguing over who gets to use technology that could help people with, or could have, medical conditions is really depressing. I get that an Apple Match isn’t going to be that accurate, but it could still be a sign that something is off.
Technology could help people, but I guess this is why we can’t have nice things.
saywhatisabigw@lemmy.world 10 months ago
What about all the customers who bought it for that feature?
9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Pay wall
takeda@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Managed to find this: archive.is/PrxAV
Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Paywall Bypass is less work than the comment :)
9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Fr, wish OP would just post the paywall bypass link
Uglyhead@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
Based on the article and other comments about the dispute, it seems like a justified legal move, but I hope they come around to an agreement regarding existing devices, rather than something insane, such as disabling the functionality on existing consumer devices.
I was given an Apple Watch in 2017. I replaced that (functioning just fine) watch about a year ago with a model with a pulse oximeter, specifically because I wanted the feature.
BaronVonBort@lemmy.world 10 months ago
“What should we do? Just PAY the developer for the feature? Nah, we’ll just continue to file lawsuits and eventually settle in the inevitable class action from buyers which will certainly not be more than what we would have spent just licensing it in the first place”
Look, I’m not one for patent trolling, but this is pretty blatant on Apple’s end and as a Series 9 owner it’s annoying because it’s a feature I upgraded for that I’ll lose access to just because they don’t want to be told they’re wrong. Such corporate bullshit.
RunningInRVA@lemmy.world 10 months ago
They couldn’t do that without somehow compensating you. Not saying that is better but they can’t cripple a product that you have paid for.