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Someone, somewhere created the first fidget spinner, named it, and marketed it. The fact that you do t know their name maybe just means they did a better job of
by kobeya 9y ago
Someone, somewhere created the first fidget spinner, named it, and marketed it. The fact that you do t know their name maybe just means they did a better job of staying out of the limelight while still profiting from the craze.
- TheSoftwareGuy 9y agoThere is also the (perhaps more likely) possibility that all three of Thise things were done by different people. For example the creator makes it and shows it to a few friends, maybe posts pics/vids on the internet. Someone else sees the object and names it the fidget spinner. A third person markets it and begins selling them
- smacktoward 9y agoWhy do you assume the original inventor profited from it? It seems at least as likely that they got left in the dust when someone else noticed the potential in their idea and grabbed it -- especially if the main driver behind the craze were Chinese manufacturers, who are not exactly known for their scrupulous respect for intellectual property...
- DanBC 9y agoShe couldn't afford the patent. I don't think she made much money from it. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14271914 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14271914
- paulgb 9y agoHer patent doesn't really look like what we think of as a fidget spinner though. It's more like a spinning top.
- jdboyd 9y agoEven if she could have afforded to renew it back then, it still would have run out before they took off since the article you point to said she invented it 20 years ago.
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- emodendroket 9y agoActually if you look into it you'll find she didn't profit that much from it.