braunboffel

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by braunboffel 4y ago
> When are these e-ink patents expiring? Just curious because I think I've seen you repeat this on HN before. Have you read the replies to your comment?
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by braunboffel 4y ago
> Am I correct in believing that you think total market dominance is a GOOD thing? No, you're wrong. I don't think that's a good thing. But I think it would be worse to invite politicians into controlling the market. Am I
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by braunboffel 4y ago
> Looking through your comment history it seems you require a source for every little thing you disagree with, Interesting approach to having a fruitful discussion. I would recommend defending your claim rather than attacking my comment
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by braunboffel 4y ago
It sucks that u_e = v/E . Bonkers.
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by braunboffel 4y ago
Am I correct in describing above evidence as a throwaway claim on HN that was never substantiated and the throwaway account never responded to any requests for data? Do you have any other evidence that you used to form your conclusion?
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by braunboffel 4y ago
Am I correct in understanding you that you're saying companies shouldn't be able to sell at the lowest price they can sell at? How is that anti-competition, a monopoly?
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by braunboffel 4y ago
> Amazon, in my opinion, absolutely has control of the ebook market. If they lower prices, everyone else has to lower theirs to keep up. Uhm? Would you like to try explaining that again?
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by braunboffel 4y ago
> monopoly structure that enabled Amazon to do this without repercussion What monopoly structure?
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by braunboffel 4y ago
> low margin monopoly it maintains. Please help me understand what you mean by monopoly. What is exclusive to Amazon? Aren't there competitors like Kobo, Onyx, etc?
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by braunboffel 4y ago
> (Other hint: don’t be like E Ink. The tech was great. They utterly squandered their patent period by setting the prices so high that only niche products used E Ink.) Any evidence for that? What patent? What patent period? A black and w
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by braunboffel 4y ago
> e-ink likes to keep the really good waveforms for themselves and their best customers. Any real evidence for this?
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by braunboffel 4y ago
> let's hope it's not one of the software patents holding e-ink back Which patents are these?
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by braunboffel 4y ago
> He's also the guy who pushed an eink display to 5bpp didn't the original sony prs ereaders have 32 grays as well?
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by braunboffel 4y ago
> it is really hard to even get data sheets on e-Ink unless you have serious cash and are going to order tens of thousands of units. What do you mean? You don't have access to these links? https://www.google.com/sear
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by braunboffel 4y ago
> Similar story with e-ink; the license costs for the technology are the main blocker to wider adoption. How much is the license cost?
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by braunboffel 4y ago
Burn-in is very possible. It is ink particles inside a solvent. Drive it the wrong way and you'll damage the ink or the solvent. Just like LCD where if you drive it the wrong way, the liquid crystal gets damaged. The difference is LCD
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by braunboffel 4y ago
> Search engines don't seem to work anymore to find controversial information so I could not dig up the info again. It was from several years back it might be starting to change now. Hmmm.... not really a satisfying answer for me. I
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by braunboffel 4y ago
> eink screens are also a "secret monopoly" kept by highly litigatious patents. Please share the evidence for this.