[dial9-1]

there are many analogies that could be made comparing software development to society. for example, distributed vs centralized is akin to communism vs capitalism. web-development, like modern-day societies, only want to "scale", but forget that scaling goes both ways, up and down.

[amelius]

And using laws in ways they were not intended to be used (loopholes) corresponds to hacking.

It's never punished in the same way as hacking, though. In fact, it's often considered a fair practice.