Tech has an exceptional property: any program adverse to user interests can be neutralized with a program beneficial to user interests, allowing new market entrants to exploit deliberately bad programs. However, IP law has made reverse engineering and modification illegal, eliminating this competitive check.
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“every program in your computer that is adverse to your interests can be neutralized with a program that is beneficial to your interests... But what we've done over 20 plus years is monotonically expand IP law until we've made most forms of reverse engineering and modification without manufacturer permission illegal”
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:46:41 PM
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