Re:E Ink has developed a 2nd generation Advanced Color E-Paper
by PeterisP on Sunday January 17, 2021 @03:37PM
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A megacorp sitting on some patents can and will still release a whole range of mass market products (large volumes, so has to be cheap) that uses those patents and makes it available to the masses. A medium sized company can't really do that, so at best they will release a niche product that makes it available to a few people.
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Re:E Ink has developed a 2nd generation Advanced Color E-Paper
by syshum on Sunday January 17, 2021 @03:50PM
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MegaCorp (like say Amazon) would lock the tech up so only their products have it, So instead of being able to pick from a Kindle PaperWhite, OnyxBook, and a Remarkable you would only have the Kindle... and varitions of the Kindle
Medium Corp will license their patent (at extreme rates) to other companies MegaCorp will not.
Medium Corp is better than MegaCorp for consumers most of the time. FRAND licensing even batter, and No Patents at all even better