How can a software be “Closed source” if I am downlaoding the files on my device?

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Can’t I just read the files to see the code?

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You’re not downloading the source code, you’re basically downloading something that is compiled and turned into something you can run. It’s like trying to guess the recipe by buying a cake. You can make educated guesses and there are ways to reverse steps (at least for software) but you’re not getting the ingredients and the steps, you’re getting something resulting from those.

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