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It's ironic that a free market can lead to authoritarian, closed market platforms like the App Store or X-Box Live Arcade (and that, hypothetically, government
by lukifer 17y ago
It's ironic that a free market can lead to authoritarian, closed market platforms like the App Store or X-Box Live Arcade (and that, hypothetically, government intervention could force these markets to be more open, whether or not you think that's a good thing).
- cgranade 17y agoThat's part of the whole motivation for mixed economic policies in the first place-- to correct market failures. Monopolies, trusts and other such anti-competitive behavior can undermine any good that comes out of the free market, to say nothing of doing things against the interests of the consumer. Honestly, I think that government intervention here would be a good thing, as it seems that DRM and closed platforms are symptoms of a market failure.