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You completely missed the point of the comment.

Google is stealing ideas and products, that they know are viable through the metrics they gather from the search data.

Then they implement those products and embed them ABOVE the search results.

Effectively killing off the competitors, who invented and build the original products.

HOW are developers free to avoid Google killing off their businesses like that?

> Google is stealing ideas and products, that they know are viable through the metrics they gather from the search data.

Doesnt Walmart and Amazon do that as well, looking at the data and then making their own in house products?

Yes, and maybe they should be regulated too. They enjoy dominant positions in the market and blatantly rip off successful products down to the color and bottle shape.

But any idiot can figure out which are the successful products on those search engines. They are literally there trying to be found and broadcast their popularity.

The patent system is for protecting ideas which the law allows to be protected.

But any idiot can’t get Walmart or Amazon to prominently place their copycat product on shelves or in search results. Only these retail behemoths can guarantee the competitive placement of their products in the market.

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