• Pacattack57@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    I think what you’re noticing is corporate greed. There have been substantial life changing discoveries in the last decade. The problem is that corporate investors can’t find ways to exploit it so they shelve the patents. Another thing that happens is someone holds a patent but can’t or won’t allow someone to use it because the price isn’t right so it sits without any use.