[gruez]

Ok but going back to the library analogy, GMO bans are like the government banning react.js because they're convinced angularjs (or jquery) is good enough and facebook might go rogue. Shouldn't it be up to individual farmers to decide?

[small_scombrus]

The difference I think, is that the libraries are open source, and you don't have to pay Facebook yearly to use React.

Countries can and do ban closed source paid products when they don't trust the provider (e.g. Huawei)

[icpmoles]

When you buy hardware that goes rogue you're forced to throw it away and install something new, which costs money for hardware and labor.

When a GMO goes rogue you can just buy a different seed the next planting season, which you were going to do anyway.