Ethical and evil are two different words with two different meanings.
And, if I can make the same thing you can for cheaper, then why shouldn't I? Your problem is that you value "ingenuity" as something that can be stolen or ripped off which is wrong. You can't protect ideas. Everyone has them. Why should yours be more valuable then mine. Just because you say yours first? Even when I may have been working on my without anyone knowing? Or maybe you think, taking the risk of making something (i.e. the iphone) and since you took that risk, you should be rewarded by not allowing anyone else to make one. Because life if fair right? If you created the first product, make the product better than others, and offer at a reasonable price, then there is no reason you shouldn't be successful.
If apple didn't have patents, they would fail, why, because their products would be too expensive to compete with other "clones". Now, if they actually made a better product, then they would at least exist (if their "better" product was worth the cost). Think about the guys that started a business building normal pc's and putting OS X on them. Apple forcibly shut them down fast because they new people would flock to them. Why, because they were much cheaper and would do the same thing as a Mac. And yet, Apple forced the business to shut down so that they would own their market. That is evil.
Your stance make me believe that either, a) you are an Apple lover and thus overriding basic logic because you are blinded, b) don't understand the underlying points c) just trying to argue. Your ultimatum of "If you don't believe Samsung is as evil as Apple then I won't talk to you" is childish, immature and extremely bias. I believe Samsung is a better company than Apple. That is my own personal opinion, and I don't care whether you believe it or not.
Patents do not protect anyone accept the greedy corporation that files them. They stifle innovation and hurt everyone but themselves. Apple is the king of patents and thus, the worst.
I never made a 'childish ultimatum'. I simply said that if you believe Samsung is a more ethical company than Samsung, we have nothing to discuss, because it have no intention of debating that belief with you.
I am glad you were willing to own up to it.
I am also glad you admit that you do not respect the idea of contract law and think that Apple should be forced to give away their intellectual property.
And, if I can make the same thing you can for cheaper, then why shouldn't I? Your problem is that you value "ingenuity" as something that can be stolen or ripped off which is wrong. You can't protect ideas. Everyone has them. Why should yours be more valuable then mine. Just because you say yours first? Even when I may have been working on my without anyone knowing? Or maybe you think, taking the risk of making something (i.e. the iphone) and since you took that risk, you should be rewarded by not allowing anyone else to make one. Because life if fair right? If you created the first product, make the product better than others, and offer at a reasonable price, then there is no reason you shouldn't be successful.
If apple didn't have patents, they would fail, why, because their products would be too expensive to compete with other "clones". Now, if they actually made a better product, then they would at least exist (if their "better" product was worth the cost). Think about the guys that started a business building normal pc's and putting OS X on them. Apple forcibly shut them down fast because they new people would flock to them. Why, because they were much cheaper and would do the same thing as a Mac. And yet, Apple forced the business to shut down so that they would own their market. That is evil.
Your stance make me believe that either, a) you are an Apple lover and thus overriding basic logic because you are blinded, b) don't understand the underlying points c) just trying to argue. Your ultimatum of "If you don't believe Samsung is as evil as Apple then I won't talk to you" is childish, immature and extremely bias. I believe Samsung is a better company than Apple. That is my own personal opinion, and I don't care whether you believe it or not.
Patents do not protect anyone accept the greedy corporation that files them. They stifle innovation and hurt everyone but themselves. Apple is the king of patents and thus, the worst.