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They apparently buy up any competition to keep the market small. There have been other similar tech promised by startups but they buy them up. Pretty interestin
by freeqaz 6y ago
They apparently buy up any competition to keep the market small. There have been other similar tech promised by startups but they buy them up. Pretty interesting! Infuriating too, of course. But the system is what it is. I'm surprised they can't make more money by cross licensing the tech and just granting royalties. I'm no economics expert though.
- ThrowawayR2 6y ago> "They apparently buy up any competition to keep the market small." Which companies / patents did they buy up? I keep seeing this rumor floating around but their Wikipedia article lists exactly one acquisition (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_Ink#Acquisition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_Ink#Acquisition) and a casual Google doesn't show any others.