The ability for Apple to create M1, for Tesla to create Model S, for Google to innovate on Google Workspace are all predicated on the fact that non-competes are not enforceable in California as each team is led by a previous leader at a top competitor (Intel, Mazda, Microsoft)

Johny Srouji, Apple's Senior Vice President,
Hardware Technologies, and the man leading all of Apple's A Series and now M1 chips, previously hailed from Intel's Israel Design Center

Franz von Holzhausen, Tesla's chief designer behind Model S, Model 3, Model X, Model Y, and Cybertruck, previously led design at Mazda

Javier Soltero, Google's VP and GM of Google Workspace, was previously Corporate Vice President of the Office Product Group at Microsoft

As the government considers regulating Big Tech to continue to spur innovation, a concrete proposal that would actually make a difference is abolishing non-competes everywhere