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Re: EBay Patents 10-Click Checkout

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Post by Produce » Fri, Jul 22, 2011, 1:57 PM UTC

I honestly couldn't tell if this was satire or real for a while. It looks like satire, smells like it, tastes like it but it really isn't. EDIT: It really is satire. Some damn good satire, had me fooled.

Re: EBay Patents 10-Click Checkout

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Post by jturn » Fri, Jul 22, 2011, 1:58 PM UTC

Produce wrote: post #11

I honestly couldn't tell if this was satire or real for a while. It looks like satire, smells like it, tastes like it but it really isn't. EDIT: It really is satire. Some damn good satire, had me fooled.

It doesn't help that it's called "10CLICKFU".

Re: EBay Patents 10-Click Checkout

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Post by craigmc » Fri, Jul 22, 2011, 2:02 PM UTC

Fantastic! I used to do lot via the eBay platform as a "Power Seller", and I always thought they were a most bizarre company: one part incredibly innovative, one part money-grabbing corporate and one (big) part terrible UI/UX designers. Glad to hear nothing has changed....

Re: EBay Patents 10-Click Checkout

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jul 22, 2011, 2:13 PM UTC

Produce wrote: post #11

I honestly couldn't tell if this was satire or real for a while. It looks like satire, smells like it, tastes like it but it really isn't. EDIT: It really is satire. Some damn good satire, had me fooled.

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Re: EBay Patents 10-Click Checkout

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Post by mrspandex » Fri, Jul 22, 2011, 2:19 PM UTC

Produce wrote: post #11

I honestly couldn't tell if this was satire or real for a while. It looks like satire, smells like it, tastes like it but it really isn't. EDIT: It really is satire. Some damn good satire, had me fooled.

"..its collections and incarceration arm PayPal.." didn't give it away?

Re: EBay Patents 10-Click Checkout

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Post by DNeb » Fri, Jul 22, 2011, 2:42 PM UTC

corin_ wrote: post #7

What I find most depressing is that you hear such moronic examples of patents that on reading this title a tiny part of me was thinking "well.. maybe..". Not sure if that says more about the patents system or my awakeness, I hope the former.

I was hoping they really did it just to show how rediculous the patent situation has gotten.

Re: EBay Patents 10-Click Checkout

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jul 22, 2011, 2:53 PM UTC

locci wrote: post #8

Yeah, but what if someone comes up with a 9-click checkout? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0129387/quotes?qt=qt0410938

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Re: EBay Patents 10-Click Checkout

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Post by jdh » Fri, Jul 22, 2011, 2:54 PM UTC

timruffles wrote: post #4

swah wrote: post #2

When I saw this in my RSS feed, I thought it was spam, the text being so strange.

His last three posts have been satire. I'm hoping he gets back to content as good as http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/10/universal-design-pat... .

Dead link

Re: EBay Patents 10-Click Checkout

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Post by cube13 » Fri, Jul 22, 2011, 2:58 PM UTC

corin_ wrote: post #7

What I find most depressing is that you hear such moronic examples of patents that on reading this title a tiny part of me was thinking "well.. maybe..". Not sure if that says more about the patents system or my awakeness, I hope the former.

To be fair, it's completely non-obvious, and innovative.

Mostly because nobody in their right mind would consider that many steps to be a good thing, but still...

Re: EBay Patents 10-Click Checkout

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Post by sfboy88 » Fri, Jul 22, 2011, 3:14 PM UTC

I'd much rather use Amazon's 1 click instead.

One click and the item is at my house the next day.