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Because they hand patents out for anything especially under the Trump patent office. If I remember correctly they don't do any prior art review any more. You practically just have to apply for a patent. They're cutting reviewers and it's going to cost billions in lawsuits to undo the patents they should never have handed out.
We all hate Trump but I’m pretty sure tech industry patents have been fucked for a while.
Like… Apple and Samsung sued each other over rounded corners nearly 10 years ago.
The system has been and remains broken was the point I was trying to make with my rhetorical question.