That depends on what you make. Some things are still really hard and have things you cannot copy. In my field the hardware alone is very difficult so just copy

That depends on what you make. Some things are still really hard and have things you cannot copy. In my field the hardware alone is very difficult so just copying will not work but even if you are persistent and get it done, you need a lot of external factors to go along as well which takes years. And explains some of the failures we have seen.