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At first sure. But in this hypothetical future I think holodecks would eventually become widespread enough that an upstart vendor would differentiate itself by selling an unencumbered holodeck.



At that point, the designs themselves become the currency, and spread of them is limited by brainpower of the authors.

People cannot be easily prevented from using (or trading) a thing they make themselves. Enforcement of it requires serious violence. Previously, that resulted in communist revolutions.




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