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Because it demonstrates a theft of tech and design, which puts their credibility and integrity in question. Is the derivative safe (actually safe, not government-of-China wanting a feather in its cap rubber-stamp safe)? Is the derivative actually comparable (i.e. is the marketing a lie)? Aside from that, do we want to reward companies that steal other companies' ideas?

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Please do tell me a company that has released something that is independently invented in its entirety with respect to “tech and design”

Such a ridiculous take on a technology forum.

It’s a waste of human energy to reinvent the wheel. Not to mention the example given earlier is irrelevant since it’s no longer in production anyway.

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Please stop moving the goalposts. Iterating on the past is different from thieving entire designs, and you know it.

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There is more to design than its surface appearance, and the car described earlier uses an entirely different drivetrain than the Mercedes…

I swear the stupidest takes on this forum called “hacker news”. Hackers who usually reuse the same exploit “tech and design”, lol…