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What makes you think it’s to do with patents? Maybe there’s just insufficient demand.


There is insufficient demand for high priced e-ink screens. Which probably comes down to supply, which probably comes down to patents


I am responding to a parent comment that suggested there was more demand but the company was holding it back. If that is true the only way one company could hold it back is patents.


No. They could just choose not to sell at a lower price. In a frictionless market someone else would step in and sell the good at the lower price, but in reality if not enough people want it then that third party won’t bother.


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