boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net to Linux@lemmy.ml · edit-22 months agoOpinion: GNOME vs. macOS user experiencewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkOpinion: GNOME vs. macOS user experiencewww.youtube.comboredsquirrel@slrpnk.net to Linux@lemmy.ml · edit-22 months agomessage-square55fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareWomble@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoI mean gnome and kde both have it so that doesnt feel correct for why macos doesnt.
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eecakelinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months agoIf true, presumably that gnome and kde don’t believe in the software patent but Apple doesn’t want to try its luck and risk getting in a lawsuit. (That said, they’re not exactly short of lawyers for a lawsuit… Maybe it’s in their interest to uphold the principle of software patents?)
minus-squareozymandias117@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoGnome and KDE had this feature LONG before Microsoft, so they have prior art to prove it’s an invalid patent
minus-squareabuttandahalf@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoHow was the patent approved if it already existed tf.
I mean gnome and kde both have it so that doesnt feel correct for why macos doesnt.
If true, presumably that gnome and kde don’t believe in the software patent but Apple doesn’t want to try its luck and risk getting in a lawsuit.
(That said, they’re not exactly short of lawyers for a lawsuit… Maybe it’s in their interest to uphold the principle of software patents?)
Gnome and KDE had this feature LONG before Microsoft, so they have prior art to prove it’s an invalid patent
How was the patent approved if it already existed tf.