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[–] 9 points 1 week ago

How tf this even gets patented?

It hasn't, yet, afaict. Applying for a patent != it being granted.

As to the latent question of why Microsoft seems confident enough to try:

Because the times of a patent requiring to clear a reasonable inventive threshold (to actually be a motor for innovation) are far behind us. These days, patents' principal (not exclusive) purpose imho is so big corporations can sue each other to grab some of the others' earnings.

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