Good Job Apple, You (Screwed) the World – (by @baekdal)

Good Job Apple, You (Screwed) the World – (by @baekdal):

The idea that one company can own non-inventions is absolutely appalling to me.

(Via Baekdal.com)

Nails it. Yes, Samsung was lazy and unoriginal and brazenly copied far too much, but this is not a victory for consumers. Or developers. This is a victory for big companies and patent trolls and lawyers. As always, money trumps common sense and the common good.

Another quote:

We cannot have a world where one company can say, “I’m the only one who is allowed to have the solution for this common problem” (like with Amazon one-click, or Apple tap-to-zoom).

Sadly, that is exactly the world we have, and it’s becoming more, not less, solidified that way.