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I don't give Google the benefit of the doubt like so many here. Why is that so hard to understand?

Apparently it is, and this is pointless. I get it, hate Apple, love Google, we're warming back up to Microsoft and uncomfortable with Facebook.

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It's not about giving companies the benefit of the doubt it's about judging the actions of companies. Apple and others have been very aggressive in their patent-based legal action. Google has not.

The issue is that you're refusing to make a knowledge based judgement. We know Apple uses their patents offensively. We know that Microsoft, while not being particularly gruesome of late, uses their patents offensively. There is plenty of evidence for both of these claims.

We do not know that Google uses their patents offensively. At least, not that I am aware of. This doesn't necessarily mean that they won't or that they haven't. But it would be wrong to ignore past action as a predictor for future behavior.

Bullshit.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/htc/8749797/HTC-uses-G...

Commence the downvotes.

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