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[–] 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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