Cory Doctorow replied to Cory Doctorow's status
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These companies get billions in research subsidies, invaluable government patent privileges, and near-total freedom to abuse the patent system with #evergreening:
https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/23/everorangeing/#taste-the-rainbow
The most amazing things about monopolies is how the contempt just *oozes* out of them. It's like these guys can't even *pretend* to give a shit. You want guillotines? Because that's how you get guillotines.
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