Thread by @SenEricSchmitt

Incredible.

An "American" company is charging U.S. companies TWICE AS MUCH as Chinese firms to use their patents.

For decades, corporate elites have ripped off Americans while giving favorable terms to our enemies.

This is the latest example. A quick thread. 🧵

Access Advance is a U.S. company that licenses patents for video streaming software.

As @BreitbartNews reported last week, they offer special 50% discounts for patent usage in countries like China and India—while charging full rate to firms in the U.S. for the same services.

ByteDance. Tencent. Alibaba. Even Chinese surveillance firms like DJI and Dahua—which have literally been sanctioned by the U.S. government.

All of them get steep discounts from an American company—while its fellow U.S. firms get stuck with the full bill.
breitbart.com/tech/2025/06/1…

Access Advance protests that “everyone gets the same discount in China.”

But many major American streaming platforms—YouTube, Netflix, Instagram, etc—are literally banned in China.

CCP-approved firms? They get the discount. American companies? They don’t even get access.

This is the problem. Too many of our country's business elites don't see themselves as Americans; they see themselves as "citizens of the world." Zero loyalty to the nation that gave them everything.

That has to change.

Your country matters more than your bottom line.