Kodak's name will be remembered, not because of any major technical development, but because it was the first company to produce equipment that could be used by anyone.
Before Kodak, photographer had to be a chemist as well as artist. They were a pictures makers and after Kodak came on scene, photographers could easier to concentrate on the image, and leave preparation and development processes to others.
1884 it was introduced by Kodak, first portable camera, and the birth of snapshot photography.
1898 - With its vision of available photography to everyone at the lowest possible price, Kodak developed the Folding Pocket Kodak Camera. This is the father of modern roll-film cameras.
1963 - Kodak introduced the Instamatic camera. It became available for amateur photography, it was easy to use and affordable.
Kodak had bad times in film history too, as a digital came to industry. It wasn’t always a heaven, but for a giant company , it wasn’t the end of existence , just a second start in technology field.
Who knows, what would be without Kodak, would be photographers still a chemists same as artist, would they be carrying heavy cameras to take an image…Thanks for Kodak, there is no “would” .