Because that would make it a shit commodity business and you’d have too little value over the manufacturers who would soon cut you out. Why not do it yourself if you think it’s such a great money maker?

If they sell components or monitors then they only have to do one "simple" thing right. If they sell tablets/cellphones/laptops then they have to do a number of more complex stuff well enough that people will consider switching.

I don't understand how any of this makes sense given "and you hold patents".

maybe they are saying patents are territorial, and not always respected

Where does the company mention patents?

That would've been a fair response, but you just kind of ignored that part of the comment you were replying to.