{"id":47988615,"user":"pfdietz","time":1777743806,"time_ago":"a day ago","type":"comment","content":"

Or, less conspiratorially, it's because the volume of batteries that need recycling has been steadily growing.","comments":[{"id":47990347,"user":"mhb","time":1777754985,"time_ago":"20 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

Or because the possibility of profits incentivized invention.","comments":[{"id":47990889,"user":"outside1234","time":1777758387,"time_ago":"19 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

All three of these theories can be true","comments":[{"id":47992193,"user":"TeMPOraL","time":1777770081,"time_ago":"15 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

In which case the market is working as intended.","comments":[{"id":47993216,"user":"Dylan16807","time":1777780878,"time_ago":"12 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

If all three are true then the market is 2/3 working as intended and 1/3 held back by patents that aren't being licensed out enough.","comments":[{"id":47996836,"user":"mhb","time":1777815505,"time_ago":"3 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

Alternatively, if all three are true, 1/3 are held back because of the lack of incentive to develop an invention.","comments":[],"comments_count":0,"level":4,"url":"item?id=47996836"}],"comments_count":1,"level":3,"url":"item?id=47993216"},{"id":47992254,"user":"ezfe","time":1777770695,"time_ago":"15 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

Is someone saying otherwise here?","comments":[{"id":47992891,"user":"natpalmer1776","time":1777777111,"time_ago":"13 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

YahooTube’s comment is heavily implying that the market systems in-place stifled invention via patent restrictions.","comments":[{"id":47994742,"user":"Filligree","time":1777796677,"time_ago":"8 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

Yes, but isn’t that working as intended?","comments":[{"id":47997196,"user":"natpalmer1776","time":1777817924,"time_ago":"2 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

As we can see by this thread… It’s heavily debated as to whether the intentions we should be following are those of long-dead forbears, or the will of the people, and in the latter, which people.","comments":[],"comments_count":0,"level":6,"url":"item?id=47997196"}],"comments_count":1,"level":5,"url":"item?id=47994742"}],"comments_count":2,"level":4,"url":"item?id=47992891"}],"comments_count":3,"level":3,"url":"item?id=47992254"}],"comments_count":6,"level":2,"url":"item?id=47992193"}],"comments_count":7,"level":1,"url":"item?id=47990889"}],"comments_count":8,"level":0,"url":"item?id=47990347"},{"id":47988779,"user":"manoDev","time":1777745042,"time_ago":"a day ago","type":"comment","content":"

Both can be true.","comments":[],"comments_count":0,"level":0,"url":"item?id=47988779"}],"comments_count":10,"url":"item?id=47988615"}

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