• GigglyBobble@kbin.social
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    Innovation is always based on what’s already been done. If some tech company takes off on tech someone else invented, the question is why the inventor was not able to monetize on it. It’s not always as simple as “tech company stole it”. Invention and prototyping is very different to making a product that people want.

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      The difference is that silicon valley got billions in government grants to kickstart their industry so they bould buy licenses and pay huge teams of engineers and designers whose job it is to make something marketable. Historically speaking if you actually invented something, you got nothing but a wage or a very small payout.

      That’s it. They don’t innovate, they don’t develop, they package.

      We have an economy that rewards exploitation, not work. That’s not the fault of the workers, it’s the fault of the ruling class who made it that way.

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        Historically speaking if you actually invented something, you got nothing but a wage or a very small payout.

        That’s true for most innovations ever and not exclusive to the US tech industry.

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          The point is that the tech industry markets itself as this big leader in innovation, but it’s not. It markets and packages existing innovations. Capitalism in general is sold to us as “driving innovation”, but it’s a lie. The fact this is normal in general strengthens my point.