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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head
How is this different from the competitive environment in any other industry? Sure, every once in a while we all pull some amazing shit out thin air, but the reality is that's the way the whole planet works. Everyone copies everyone. Competing militarys do it every day. No one is exempt. Even theoretical physicists copy & steal pieces of other's theories and incorporate bits into their own.
It just is.
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Yes and no. If one person is jumping off the bridge, does not mean everyone else has to and that it's a good idea. Copying good ideas is one thing, but copying things that are destructive and damaging is another.
For example, the record industry saw a common enemy and banded to together for the greater good of the industry. We see an enemy and try to figure out how we can milk it and make money at it. One shady program starts doing $100 pps payouts by either ripping off the surfer or the webmaster, other programs copy them just to compete, no matter how much of terrible idea and how damaging it is in the longrun.