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Merely copying products that actual companies produce and making them cheaper is anti-competitive. There's no incentive for the products to be developed in the first place in a market if this is happening. This is why copy protections exist in civilized countries (not China and to a lesser extent India).


And look how this lack of protection ruining the Chinese economy, which isn't developing any products.


That's why IP was invented, but what IP are they infringing? Not patents, not copyright, not trademarks, so what? Making something cheaper than someone else isn't anti-competitive. There are a lot of businesses that do that. That's the very essence of competition.


They're not merely 'making something cheaper'. They're actively violating the terms of service using deceptive means. This is a trade-secret/DMCA violation. You're not allowed to use computers to do stuff like that. It's against the law.




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