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an0malous ◴[] No.44460764[source]
There’s a reason they ask the question about describing a time you “hacked a system to your advantage” in the YC application. They have always selected for founders who are willing to take advantage of legal and ethical gray areas. Reddit created fake users and farmed content from Digg, Airbnb scraped listings from Craigslist.
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colonial ◴[] No.44460780[source]
This isn't "hacking the system", though - this is an open-and-shut violation of a license with a strong legal pedigree.
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1. timeon ◴[] No.44463059[source]
Which could be only resolved by lawsuit that cost money. Startup can just fold and the original creator still needs to pay lawyers.

So with this in mind, that startup is kind of hacking the system.