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ccakl said:

Looks fake. If you look closely the plane icon on the top left indicates 'Aeroplane Mode' is on. If you try it on your iPhone when you try and send a photo via Airdrop when Aeroplane mode is on, next to where the devices would show it says "AirDrop. Tap to turn on Wi-Fi and Bluetooth to share with Airdrop." In the video whilst Aeroplane mode is activated, as soon as he selects the photos to send, a device appears and next to it "Tap to share with Airdrop".

claire1 said:

Did they edit out the part where they kick that iKnockoff user off the plane for having an explosive on board?

Also, using fictional characters(notch haircuts) to make fun of Apple is very mature..... It's like a kindergarten bully making a funny face and saying "Look my name's Jimmy and I'm duuuuumb *blows raspberries*"

flydog said:

neoncat said:

deckert63 said:

Is Masimo a real healthcare technology firm or are they a patent troll? If the former, not sure why apple doesn’t pay them the license fees like they do Qualcomm. If the latter, may Masimo rot in special place in hell only reserved for patent trolls. 

The tale is an interesting read, you'd do yourself a favor to at least Google a basic summary of what has happened and why. It involves Apple poaching employees from Masimo, one employee in particular lobbying Apple for a job, said employee only lasting a short time, and Apple bringing a pulse ox measurement device to market much faster than would normally have been expected given the complexity of the technology.

One does genuinely wonder, however, what Apple's end game is. They get into these situations where they become so convinced of their own piety they tend to ride the train straight to hell instead of looking for a convenient and practical way to get off. A little humility and less hubris would serve Apple well as a brand and as a company.

Poaching is not illegal, and neither is designing around a patent, regardless of whether it is done with or without "poached" employees. And of course, bringing a product to market is going to be faster if you have the help of your competitor's former employees, which is why every company on earth, including Masimo, has done it.  All of that may repulse your own sense of morality, but none of it standing alone establishes patent infringement or any other tort.