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Apr 2, 2018·1 min read

Did Apple license a “solution” or just the patent — ie the ability to do one-click payment in iTunes?

Ev Williams

CEO of Medium, partner at Obvious Ventures, co-founder of Twitter, curious consumer of ideas

activ…any years companies have been envious of Amazon, due to their patented One-Click Payments solution. It was so good, that Apple actually decided to license it from Amazon for their iTunes Store and other online activities.

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