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If they are restrictive and/or greedy with licensing, that is. A huge ton of cheap-ish licenses would rake in a fortune too, it doesn't have to go the e-ink way
by dividedbyzero 3y ago
If they are restrictive and/or greedy with licensing, that is. A huge ton of cheap-ish licenses would rake in a fortune too, it doesn't have to go the e-ink way. But if it did, it might actually be worse: There's no reason why Chinese companies couldn't just ignore that patent like they do others. Pretty much unchecked innovation free for all inside the Chinese market (extending to Russia at least) vs. hardly anyone able to do anything in the West would make for an interesting situation, to say the least. Even the US Military-Industrial Complex couldn't outright ignore such a patent I think.
- mort96 3y agoYeah, I know it's not the only outcome. But the fact that it's potentially up to some random tiny group of people whether superconductors proliferate or go the e-ink route is atrocious IMO. I hope you're right that the free markets of China and Russia will save us from the strict planning enforced on the west by the USA (... oh the sweet irony).