• Grass@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    can they even patent that? its already a thing that made it to production on at least one brand that sells in north america and another two or more in china

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        2 days ago

        To an extent it is. Apple is or has started the patent for this. The image is just rendered for a visual representation of what they are doing, and for us to see they are reinventing old tech.

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            2 days ago

            No worries! I figured you did, but I wanted to add extra context for anyone as slow as me lmao!

            It maaaaakkkeees sense, but i’ll never go back to ios anything lol! I gave it a try for a few years, even went SUPER deep into the ecosystem. Leaving was a pain, but im glad I did.

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      3 days ago

      I was gonna say, pretty sure I’ve seen something like this on Amazon already, except from some weird Chinese company.

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      2 days ago

      can they even patent that?

      What “that”? They can patent a specific technical solution that is unique to their product, not the idea per se.