This is a tough question to answer. I agree with Morgaine that the more hurdles you put in front of feature engineers the less likely we are to have them. On the other hand if I owned the company producing the material I couldn't just keep giving away my devices. I have to make money too. Also look at apple that has the student discount, how many people you think abuse this since they don't check it if you order online. I think we need to do something for our young inventors but what is a fair solution for all parties.
This is a tough question to answer. I agree with Morgaine that the more hurdles you put in front of feature engineers the less likely we are to have them. On the other hand if I owned the company producing the material I couldn't just keep giving away my devices. I have to make money too. Also look at apple that has the student discount, how many people you think abuse this since they don't check it if you order online. I think we need to do something for our young inventors but what is a fair solution for all parties.
