I think it comes down to what you said, but for the obscenely rich.

A pro has failed more than a beginner has tried. The obscenely rich have been told ‘yes’ more than the poor have had the opportunity to even ask questions.

You can learn this type of failed behavior just like a bad habit, and boy howdy is he the master of it.

Yeah, the “let no one else use it” portion of my comment is what i meant when you say “patent owners are generally more than happy to license their tech”

I hope ford doesn’t.

And yes while patents dont grant exclusivity it gives a company the option to try and argue that a competitors version isnt novel enough. In the USA, where ford is from, patent law screwery is abounds if you have enough money. Of which Ford is backed by the US government.

Im not here to point out whether or not the patent is the issue. The problem is the spying and selling of personal data. If ford proceeds in a way that limits that exposure to the rest of car manufacturers then fantastic, even if its only in a nominal way.

I do still appreciate your refresher on how patents work though! Hope the rest of your day goes well.

Honestly good. Let no one else use that technology. Then all i have to do is not buy a ford.

That said, if you plug your phone into your car, this tech is already in place lol.

The center is not blue, the furniture is. There is very-much-so a yellow seethrough pattern around the outside of the image.

While my personal view of the world has my nose a lot further down and not nearly as in the way, its probably because of my genetics and face makeup.

If this image is truly to-shape and not just a picture to describe the concept, this persons nose is relatively forward compared to the tip of their eye and the upper ridge of their lip would be pronounced enoughto block vision.

Assumedly though, this image isnt a real trace of someones vision.

For those confused. The yellow is the view from one eye blocked.

So the clear in the center is what both eyes see. The yellow on the RIGHT is what the LEFT eye has blocked, and the opposite for the Left of the image being what is blocked for the right eye.