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by cesarb 1003 days ago
> And only "authorized" persons can download IDEs and dev tools.

Just in case someone hasn't read it yet, I have to post a link to this classic short story: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.en.html (The Right to Read, by Richard Stallman).

(The bogeyman back then was copyright infringement, nowadays it's as you mentioned security and/or privacy.)