• rottingleaf@lemmy.zip
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    6 months ago

    Especially since calling a laptop “<some>book” is hardly a civilization-level achievement, hardly even an idea, it’s fashion and I approve of Chinese treating trademarks like this.

    I think trademarks and patents should die. We’d see a better world without them, and very quickly.

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      6 months ago

      Star Treks prime directive always stated two criteria - warp tech and calling non-stationary computing devices books. Having invented actual books with pages isn’t necessary.