[langitbiru]

> It wasn't as if they were harassed to sell.

Bumble founder disagreed.

https://www.vox.com/2018/3/20/17141308/bumble-match-group-ne...

From the article above:

"Match, which owns another popular dating app and Bumble competitor, Tinder, is suing Bumble for violating two patents and for allegedly stealing trade secrets.

It was a lawsuit made all the more intriguing considering Match wants to acquire Bumble;"

[swiley]

Software patents should require the source of the implementation to be published. That's the whole idea behind patents in the first place.

[joycian]

Exactly, you give the government a way to replicate your insight, in return you get x years of monopoly. With the first part being non-existent (didn't inventors even have to supply physical prototypes etc.?) the patent system is easy to abuse.