alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 9 days agoSony patents a dedicated rewind button to save us when we suck at gamingwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down17
arrow-up119arrow-down1external-linkSony patents a dedicated rewind button to save us when we suck at gamingwww.tomshardware.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 9 days agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squarephorq@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up22·9 days agoWhy do they need a patent for this? How would this not conflict with just tv remotes? Like it’s not a bad feature, but blocking anyone else from having a rewind button without paying them seems like an overstep for such a basic addition.
minus-squareRightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down1·edit-29 days agoTo stifle competition and progress.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down4·9 days ago Why do they need a patent for this? Because if they did it without one, anyone could do it. If they get the patent, even if they don’t do it, anyone who does have to pay them. How would this not conflict with just tv remotes? Video games and TVs are different enough devices
minus-squareieatpwns@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·9 days agoYou got a little Sony on your upper lip there pal
minus-squareDebatableRaccoon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 days agoI think givesomefucks is more explaining than defending the process in their comment.
Why do they need a patent for this? How would this not conflict with just tv remotes? Like it’s not a bad feature, but blocking anyone else from having a rewind button without paying them seems like an overstep for such a basic addition.
To stifle competition and progress.
Because if they did it without one, anyone could do it.
If they get the patent, even if they don’t do it, anyone who does have to pay them.
Video games and TVs are different enough devices
You got a little Sony on your upper lip there pal
I think givesomefucks is more explaining than defending the process in their comment.