People didn't think well about the other side of the coin: if anyone can hack away a product, then what you need to make a lot of money is somehow gather the be

People didn't think well about the other side of the coin: if anyone can hack away a product, then what you need to make a lot of money is somehow gather the best minds that can make this machine work for you and monopolize their ideas. This is exactly the strategy behind the FAANG.