We can and should provide a "view source" equivalent for native code as well. Package managers like Guix that know where to find the source and how to build it

We can and should provide a "view source" equivalent for native code as well. Package managers like Guix that know where to find the source and how to build it are a good step forward there. Text formats can be minified and obfuscated, binary formats can include mechanisms to see and experiment with the source. It's all about the tooling you have, what that tooling makes easy, and what it makes hard.