You're talking cost/benefit.

Without that 10 you're losing innovation. How much? My personal experience with companies that probably wouldn't have existed or been successful without non-compete (or equivalent) says quite a lot.

Just to protect people from making bad decisions?

I'll leave you with the FTC announcement. According to this there's nothing good about non-compete clauses at all. No issue like this is entirely black and white and when somebody tells you it is they're lying and have some agenda; for instance they say banning non-compete "would close racial and gender wage gaps".

You're talking cost/benefit.

Without that 10 you're losing innovation. My personal experience with companies that probably wouldn't have existed or been successful without non-compete (or equivalent) says quite a lot.

Just to protecting people from making bad decisions?

I'll leave you with the FTC announcement. According to this there's nothing good about non-compete clauses at all. No issue like this is entirely black and white and when somebody tells you it is they're lying and have some agenda; for instance they say banning non-compete "would close racial and gender wage gaps".