[tonfreed]

Patents around printing are out of control. All the major manufacturers cross license everything from each other

[hackernewds]

specifically since enterprises are easier to monopolize since the purchasers are not users. and they need carteling to maintain dominance over a product so simple

[charcircuit]

How is printing simple?

[abdullahkhalids]

So how are these people working around patents?

[bluGill]

Printes have been around for decades. All the major innovation are patent expired. There may be useful new things under protection but nothing critical.