Why is it so difficult to copy source code that is not “open source”?

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It’s been in my mind if we are using the software/program or even hardware of a tech company, we can play around, install-unsinstall and more. Then how is it so difficult for someone to “unhide” the source code that the device uses? Technically the code is in the device somewhere hidden in it, so it’s there, but still, it’s almost impossible to obtain the source code. How do they achieve this so no one copies their code?

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The source code will not exist in a compiled binary. Instead it will be machine code. Machine code can be understood but it takes too much time and energy. Optimized machine code is even more difficult to understand. Code can be obfuscated to make it even harder.

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