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I think the big problem is when companies apply for patents but never utilize them. In my ideal world, patents should quickly expire and opened to the public if they aren’t being used. Like, what’s the point of protecting your idea if you have no intention to use it anytime soon?

That could deal with the patent troll problem as well.

They targeted gamers…

I stopped coding for myself and started coding for the next person who’d touch my codebase.

Yeah. The worst code is the code only one person can work with. Sucks if that person is no longer working at the company.