> Just like I would not bother to buy and use a bike lock if people would not steal bikes in the first place. It's a bad analogy though, like all analogies are, since if I sell my bike I can't make it stop working for the buyer at a later time. But that's the big difference between digital and physical.
That's not why your analogy is wrong, especially because some connected electric bikes allow that just like smartphones do. Here is a rewriting that explains why you analogy is actually (very) wrong: "It's a really bad analogy though, since if someone steals my bike, I don't have it anymore, while “stealing” in the digital world consists in making a copy. But that's the big difference between digital and physical."
That's not why your analogy is wrong, especially because some connected electric bikes allow that just like smartphones do. Here is a rewriting that explains why you analogy is actually (very) wrong: "It's a really bad analogy though, since if someone steals my bike, I don't have it anymore, while “stealing” in the digital world consists in making a copy. But that's the big difference between digital and physical."