Alot of patents and inventions get bought and "Vaulted" by the government or Corporations if it would mean they lose profit. Great ideas forever hidden, just so some fat cat doesn't lose revenue or gain competition.
Hell we’re even seeing this with modern tech like phones and even hardware now. Look at every iPhone in the last 10 years for example, they’re petty much all identical (and I say this as an iPhone user). Also looking at graphics cards as another example, the difference in power between the 40 series and 50 series is nowhere near the jumps from previous models. But it’s more profitable to sell the same thing and pretend it’s new and improved than it is to actually drastically improve something or try something new.
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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '25
Alot of patents and inventions get bought and "Vaulted" by the government or Corporations if it would mean they lose profit. Great ideas forever hidden, just so some fat cat doesn't lose revenue or gain competition.