Exactly, if IBM hadn't lost control over the PC, the world would look very different today. We'd probably be stuck with very expensive "professional workstations", Linux probably wouldn't have been created, everything would be closed and tightly controlled platforms like game consoles or mobile phones are today, hardware as a whole would most likely be behind 10..15 years because of lack of competitive pressure (see the messed up PS3 design which was a result of the old "closed platforms" thinking).
I think there's a very solid case to be made that "illegal clones" are actually good for progress.
PS: there's also this interesting take that Germany's quick industrialization in the 19th century was mainly driven by ignoring British copyright law:
I think there's a very solid case to be made that "illegal clones" are actually good for progress.
PS: there's also this interesting take that Germany's quick industrialization in the 19th century was mainly driven by ignoring British copyright law:
https://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/no-copyright-...