[NorthMountain]

Ford claims that the patent was submitted, but they do not necessarily plan to use the technology.

Yeah. Right.

No matter what the patent application outlines, we will always put the customer first

And the "customer" is their advertisers. You, the "owner", are the product being sold.

[PeterPrinciple]

but they do not necessarily plan to use the technology.

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but they would sell it to someone who would use it.