I think this summarizes a lot of business in general, which is why they work so hard to protect their trade secrets because if everyone knew well... they might do it their own way, have competitors, and essentially lose business. It can also make things highly more competitive > looking at China as an example where things are open-source to the sense there is little to no IP/patents enforcement or atleast that it is considered normal for people to "steal" and in the end, you get a lot more innovation (and cheap knockoffs), plus it's also much cheaper to execute over there where the factories are (rapid acceleration and execution). Point being, it seems in the West so much of this is protected as it's viewed as the company's longevity. Anyone dominating an industry or specific sector will do just about anything to maintain that power, largely following the principle or idea you shared here "Shirky".
Sometimes it is ironic how things work out in the end, like the cobra example above.
I think this summarizes a lot of business in general, which is why they work so hard to protect their trade secrets because if everyone knew well... they might do it their own way, have competitors, and essentially lose business. It can also make things highly more competitive > looking at China as an example where things are open-source to the sense there is little to no IP/patents enforcement or atleast that it is considered normal for people to "steal" and in the end, you get a lot more innovation (and cheap knockoffs), plus it's also much cheaper to execute over there where the factories are (rapid acceleration and execution). Point being, it seems in the West so much of this is protected as it's viewed as the company's longevity. Anyone dominating an industry or specific sector will do just about anything to maintain that power, largely following the principle or idea you shared here "Shirky".
Sometimes it is ironic how things work out in the end, like the cobra example above.