> I think of how stagnant the Eink space is, and how much broader usage might that technology get if it wasn’t encumbered by patents (just one example)? I work

> I think of how stagnant the Eink space is, and how much broader usage might that technology get if it wasn’t encumbered by patents (just one example)? I work in the display industry and I have no idea what you're talking about. I see this again and again in HN. Look at my comment history. There's reasonable amount of innovation and competition in electrophoretics. But it is a niche technology and the actual physics of rheology are what limits innovation in this space. If you feel I'm mistaken, please say exactly what you mean is being limited in a technical sense. I perceive your type of comment as equivalent to a display engineer posting on a software forum claiming that patents are limiting progress in operating systems and that's why Microsoft Windows is the only non-innovative product available. I hope the analogy is clear.