[pjmlp]

Those devices still need to be built. So a 4th or 5th place might not generate enough revenue to pay them.

[Yoric]

I'm not a manufacturer, but at a guess, I'd say that 4th/5th place is still plenty of billions of dollars.

[pjmlp]

That depends on the shareholders.

[rhelmer]

Which shareholders are you referring to?

[pjmlp]

From the manufacturing companies.

Even if it the profit is big, it might not be big enough compared with whatever else they might producing instead.