(Adobe runs patents on individual good-design features, like "having x option available on the right-click menu", forcing competitors to have that same option buried in some other dropdown menu somewhere, or have the same option split in multiple steps, in order to avoid being sued...)

AutoCAD's company has done other sleazy copyright-related shit, so I wonder if something similar is going on, just like Photoshop alternatives being shit.

[–] WaxiestSteam69@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It's probably a mix of that and how CAD/Engineering software is a complicated niche market. It's not as ubiquitous as something like an office suite or even a phot editor like GIMP. I don't have anything to back that up other than a hunch.

[–] DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Oh wow that's actually evil. Imagine having such shit software that the only thing keeping competition away is having a literal monopoly on your features.

[–] Daxter101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah.

[–] germanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

How’s that even patentable? If it actually is, then whichever game dev decided to use WASD to walk missed out on something.

[–] Daxter101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 8 months ago

Because huge legal teams make sure to find the right loopholes.

Here's a good 10 minutes of some of the more disgusting offenders.

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