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> Non-competes should be regulated so the person is paid a full salary if the employer wants to enforce it, and have a max duration say 1 or 2 years. I don't see a problem if it's done like that.

That's just employment, so its effectively the status quo in places with a ban on noncompetes. You can absolutely hire someone as an employee, when their only job duty is not to compete with you. You can even contract such employment for a set term. The problem, of course, is that employers want noncompensated noncompetes and at-will, no-set-term employment.

>>dragon+(OP)
It's not just employment because employment can't exclude you from quitting and finding another job, but a non-compete can. Otherwise I agree.