> R&D was not intended to signify honing a rip-off design, but indicates an original design. The whole tone of your comment is rude, but this in particular is

> R&D was not intended to signify honing a rip-off design, but indicates an original design. The whole tone of your comment is rude, but this in particular is a straw man argument. R&D is just the department (and budget) of a business concerned with product improvement. That absolutely can involve improving on other people's products. And improvements can just be that it is cheaper to produce, or easier to produce at scale. The idea that R&D is a room-full of paid inventors is a myth.