Do you need to see manufacturing processes to steal features? Is it not possible...

		triceratops on Aug 5, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amazon to acquire maker of Roomba vacuum for rough... Do you need to see manufacturing processes to steal features? Is it not possible to reverse engineer a lot of it? In the car industry, it's standard practice for every company to buy every model from every other company to study it.

It still is easier to copy, when you own manufactiring process.