Marketing is just mass manipulation and propaganda with a palatable name. :(
It’s all marketing. You likely only know that Dominos had the system patented because it slaps a big patent number right on the tracker. The fact that you’re discussing it is essentially free advertising and increases brand awareness. So, this post suggests that the investment in patent lawyers was likely worthwhile for the company.
Largely, consumers seem to derive the below listed perceptions when they recognize that a product is protected by a patent:
- When a message about a product being protected by a patent is conveyed, the company as a whole is perceived to be innovative
- The patented product is perceived to be superior
- The patented product is perceived to be unique, as no one else can copy the patented product
from https://www.invntree.com/blogs/using-patents-marketing-tool-good-bad-and-ugly
(this is not a defense of any of these practices; simply indicating what is going on here)
despite its various shortcomings, i have to say i’m proud of the lemmy community for doing trans people a solid across instances in this situation. shouts out y’all. 🏳️⚧️🫶
i love human beings we are so adorable