Philips did a similar thing regarding light bulbs. Edison was strangling the market through patents, the Netherlands didn't care about patents, and everyone who

Philips did a similar thing regarding light bulbs. Edison was strangling the market through patents, the Netherlands didn't care about patents, and everyone who wanted to work on light bulbs but did not want to work for Edison (like, say, the small competitors run out of business by him) flocked to Philips. They quickly had the best and cheapest light bulbs in the world. Well, until planned obsolescence kicked in.