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		shadowfiend 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Android and iPhone users can now share files, star... FaceTime got caught up in patent issues that precluded both opening it up and resulted in architecture changes: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/08/report-after-pat... .

viraptor 4 months ago [–]

This makes no sense as an explanation. They changed the architecture not to infringe on the patents. So the patents are not stopping them from opening up now.

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