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  • I wish to play devil’s advocate for patents. But I first would like to note we need to set aside lawyers, corrupt judges, and anything else surrounding patents.

    Patents were made to help the little guy out. They provide a way for someone to come up with a unique idea and protect it from larger entities that could pay to replicate manufacturing cheaply and destroy the little guy before he can make his first sale. Patents provide indisputable proof that someone had the idea first and has the right to make a living off their idea. Ergo, the American dream.

    Now to jump back to reality; this entire, wonderful, system that was built to protect the American dream has been ruined by the same thing that ruins society and has pushed all of us into a late-stage capitalistic hellscape… greed.

    I don’t wish to accuse Masimo or Apple of being greedy. That is a slippery slope I don’t want to visit right now. But patents are a good idea that have been taken and manipulated to protect a few pocket books.





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    7 months ago

    This is infuriating. Why not brag about it? You had the strength to keep going. Even though it may have felt like weakness or resignation in the moment, it is still strength to look forward and say “One more day won’t hurt”. I’ve been through this; I still fight through it. I understand the struggle. I hope anyone that finds themselves at my dinner table understands that I find no other achievement greater than deciding to just make it one more moment. The stigma against depression is aggravating.