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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Because the whole reason it is not opensource in the first place is so that you can’t rip them off and sell their work as being yours. They don’t trust that you won’t do it just because “it’s illegal” so they go the extra mile to hide it.

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