Nah, you cant own an idea

otherwise you get Aplple High Qulity Phone Super

Ideas aren't scarce

>an idea
there is an idea, then there is a tangible product line

take for example the iPhone

Ok for the iPhone youre talking about fucking China

Where the people are poor

if there were 300 different types of iPhone, all with differing quality and brans, that would kind of ruin the exclusivity that it enjoyed

no, I'm using China as an example of blatant copyright infringement

@Double Negative But let's say I'm the manager of walmart

What am I gonna stock?

A genuine apple product, the thing my customers want?

iPhone right now is known as an intelligently designed luxury product, even if it really isnt

Or a knock off

>the thing my customers want
the line is blurred when customers cant tell which one is real and which one is fake

take for example flashchips for the DS. you cant tell which ones are the original R4 and which ones are trustworthy because there are so many of them

Well that good, if competition is making an apple quality level product for cheap

That's great

@Double Negative that's why you have brand recognition

And friends

There's the R4DSi which is decent, then the R4DSi which has software that softlocks you out after a year so you are forced to buy another, and R4DSi which just doesnt work

All of them have the same packaging

And all of them are made by different companies

Then you go to GBAtemp and ask

Most consumers arent that informed, though.

If you look at a shelf of iPhones, you will just pick whichever one looks the best.

It'd be a complete gamble on which ones are shit and which ones arent

Ok, and then maybe the fucking Normie's will learn

If there was only one iPhone brand, you could generally get an idea of what you're buying based on brandname alone

>normies will learn
lol

Shouldn't baby them

They'll learn once they get ripped off a few times

why do you think Macbooks sell despite not being that great

brand

recognition

the apple logo is like crack to hipsters and uppermiddleclass people

@Double Negative Of course, but if there was a bunch of knock off ones, or ones that were essentially the same but cheaper

Then well

>essentially the same but cheaper
not always how price reduction works

usually they do so at expense of build quality

Lets look at a real case of consumer ignorance and exploitation. Remember when cigarette companies lied to the public and severely underplayed the toxicity of cigarettes